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Annie Dillard Quotes

Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first excitement dwindles.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Book Excitement First Writer Soon

I like the enemy knowing there are a few guys like me around.

Me Enemy Knowing Like Around Guys

The oil companies are gouging the American citizenry aggressively, relentlessly, and without any sense of conscience whatsoever.

Maurice Hinchey

American Oil Without Conscience Any

I'll remain an individual, and as long as I get excited about something, I'll do it.

Robert Stigwood

Long Individual Excited Something

I'm certainly not one of those actors who remain in a dark place the entire time in order to be doing the scene. I sort of come in and out of it. It can be to the detriment of my performance sometimes!

Time Performance Doing Dark Place

I like to head upstate to the Catskills, to Woodstock.

Woodstock Head Like Upstate

It's exciting to share an art form that I would never have imagined sharing with the deaf community. Doing musicals, it's not like, 'Oh, I'll do a musical with a deaf person.'

Community Art Doing Person Sharing

I remember I wanted to be an athlete. I wanted to be in the NFL or NBA or something, and I don't think I dreamed of being a benchwarmer. I'm sure I wanted to be the best. But I didn't really ever think I was going to be a famous musician.

Best Think Famous Remember Athlete

My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.

Water Me Safety Mom Feel Sisters

My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14.

Success Writing Overnight Success

A lot of people underestimate rest, especially sleeping and recovery time.

Time People Rest Underestimate Lot

Slow, Deep And Hard was a great album, even though it was probably our least selling record.

Great Deep Slow Selling Hard Even

To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

Jorge Luis Borges

Love God Religion Love Is Fall

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