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Annie Dillard Quotes

The writer studies literature, not the world. He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: April 30, 1945

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World Literature Will Write Careful

I liked the idea of being a writer and letting somebody else do the graft.

Being Idea Somebody Writer Liked

I never really felt like I belonged in California.

Never California Like Felt Really

Implicit in true freedom of spirit lies a proud and virile will. Such glorious power of free will to choose, envisages beneficent social responsibility as manifest and welcome.

Freedom Power Responsibility Welcome

I love films where you go into the cinema and loosen the edges of yourself and you hopefully enter into the world of the film. You're watching something unfold before you. I prefer the idea of wonder or intense wonder over shock or something.

Love Yourself World You Cinema Go

Oh yeah; I love when I'm writing something that makes me cry - that's so cool. If it got me to do that, it's going to get someone else to do that.

Love Me Cool Writing Someone Cry

I am very proud of The Saints and I'm very glad that I've been associated with them all these years, but the next record is the best record... has to be the philosophy for any band that remains even halfway decent or vibrant, and that is kind of where my head's at.

Best I Am Proud Philosophy Kind

I really try to spend as little time as possible on grooming. I think if you have a good moisturizer and a solid razor to clean up the beard, you're golden.

Good Time Beard Think You Possible

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, isn't that wonderful?'

You See Wonderful Finally Only Sign

The world is made up of good and evil, and everybody has their own take, and everybody thinks they are on the good side, and a very few, select group of us will admit that we come from the dark side.

Good Good And Evil Evil World Dark

It's not always about the money.

Morris Chestnut

Money Always About

We must have as clear a picture as we can of the Australia that we want to achieve at the end of that time.

Time End Picture Achieve Australia

Because women of color were more likely to be in the paid labor force, they were more likely to recognize discrimination, so they were always leading the women's movement.

Women Color Discrimination Labor

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