Anne Tyler Quotes

I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown.

Anne Tyler

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From the day Facebook launched in 2004, the profile was the most critical page on the site.

Joe Green

DayPageProfileFacebookCritical

If there's a country, and it's dangerous, and we deploy a U.S.military man or woman, if there's only one there, and they never leave the capital, that is 'boots on the ground.'

John F. Kelly

WomanManBootsCountryDangerous

I quite like the idea of family. That's probably the greatest achievement in the world. I've got a lot to achieve workwise - I'd love to direct - but family would be good.

Matt Smith

FamilyLoveGoodAchievementWorld

Lots of stand-up showcases on TV are made by production companies that also represent acts as clients, so there tends to be a demonstrable bias towards a certain group of people.

Stewart Lee

PeopleGroupClientsBiasProduction

As a social concept, 'white' is profound in its meaning. It means people who either come from or appear to come from Europe, but it's necessarily a construct of oppression.

Robin DiAngelo

PeopleMeaningWhiteOppressionCome

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

Rudyard Kipling

GodMother's DayMothersMadeHe

I wrote 'All You Could Ask For' to honor a friend, Heidi Armitage, who left us much too soon in 2009 at the age of 43.

Mike Greenberg

FriendAgeHonorYouAskLeft

When I was growing up, albums were my closest friends, as sad as that may sound - Joy Division's 'Closer,' or Echo and the Bunnymen's 'Heaven Up Here'... I had a more intimate relationship with those records than I did with most of the people in my life.

Moby

LifeRelationshipSadJoyPeople

We were the victims of the new producer but what annoyed me was they told the press we were leaving before us.

Louise Jameson

MeNewLeavingProducerUsAnnoyed

The phrase 'no burden' largely captured what I wish people believed about themselves.

Lucy Dacus

PeopleWishBurdenI WishCaptured

The symphonies are the things that, as a soloist, I've not gotten to play. I used to travel the world playing concertos, and then I would sit and listen to the symphony.

Joshua Bell

TravelWorldPlayListenPlaying

I've always thrived under the pressure of the big games. I enjoy that, and there's nothing I get afraid about.

Dele Alli

PressureEnjoyNothingGamesAfraid

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