Anne Tyler Quotes

I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing?

Anne Tyler

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WorkMotherChildWaitingMeYou

It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures.

Jerry Stiller

SadYouthYouLookPicturesYour

When the period arrives - come when it may - that this government will be compelled to resort to internal taxes for its support in time of peace, it will mark one of the most difficult and dangerous stages through which it is destined to pass.

John C. Calhoun

TimePeaceGovernmentSupportWill

While we do not ask for accolades, we must defend ourselves from repeated public attacks.

Andrew Thomas

AskDefendMustOurselvesPublic

Movies are about people; there're not about ideas. It's like great novels. Great novels are not about ideas. There's never been a great novel about ideas.

Michael Cimino

GreatPeopleIdeasMoviesNever

There are huge divorces and divides and chasms in black America between the have-gots and the have-nots, between the monied and the poor, between the educated and the non-educated. And there are huge and growing chasms daily. And I want to say that it's not simply about generation. It's about genre.

Michael Eric Dyson

DailyBlackGenerationAmericaWant

I never had any financial support or sponsors, and so I always had to, at every level, prove myself the hard way. I was five years in Japan before I got my debut at Le Mans. And I think this is a humble way to get through as a racing driver.

Tom Kristensen

HumbleMyselfSupportThinkRacing

When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living through the lamest music era the world would ever see. But those were also the years when hip-hop exploded, beatbox disco soared, indie rock took off, and new wave invented a language of teen angst.

Rob Sheffield

MusicTeenWorldEndLanguageWave

I think one third of my work is with first-time directors because I think I should, you know? Really, the difference between a first-time director and a second- or third-time director - I mean there's no director who makes enough movies anyway - but if they're talented, they have it. And there is no movie that is perfect.

Rutger Hauer

WorkThinkEnoughYouPerfectKnow

I'm going to defend the right of people to freely gather and discuss whatever they want to.

Matt Bevin

PeopleWantRightDefendWhatever

One seldom expects the country's president to adequately note the passing of a rocker, but Jimmy Carter's assessment of Elvis Presley's appeal - 'energy, rebelliousness and good humor' - is remarkably close to the mark.

Molly Ivins

GoodHumorEnergyCountryAssessment

Life is a full meal.

Lisa Nicole Carson

LifeLife Is AMealFull

That really sets great directors apart from good directors: their ability to make you feel like you matter, even if your part is much smaller. That's one thing I found with most of the great directors I worked with: They all have that skill. Not everyone takes the time.

Jonny Lee Miller

GoodGreatTimeFeelYouSkill

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