Anthony Doerr Quotes

I've been getting into Nick Drake lately, the folk singer. Sad, gorgeous stuff.

Anthony Doerr

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SadSingerGorgeousBeenStuffFolk

Even at age 10, I already knew that I was different from most people. My anxiety disorder was still years from being diagnosed, but it affected me quite deeply. I was too afraid to speak out in class, too nervous to make real friends.

Jenny Lawson

AgePeopleMeSpeakFriendsAnxiety

I want to create an environment that actors can be really free in.

Michael Arden

FreeEnvironmentCreateWantReally

For me, life is a bowl of cherries.

Sissy Spacek

LifeMeLife Is ACherriesBowl

The most blatant forms of denialism are rarely malevolent; they combine decency, a fear of change, and the misguided desire to do good - for our health, our families, and the world. That is why so many physicians dismiss the idea that a patient's race can, and often should, be used as a tool for better diagnoses and treatment.

Michael Specter

ChangeGoodFearHealthWorldWhy

Politicians never keep all their promises.

Michael Moore

PromisesNeverPoliticiansKeep

You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.

Miyamoto Musashi

WinYouEnemyTimingKnowingExpect

Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets.

Donald Trump, Jr.

UpPrettyMakeAssetsOurMake Up

There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things.

Antonio Banderas

LifeMeRestMy LifeForgetMovies

Dragonflies kill their prey in the air and eat it on the wing. They feed on aerial plankton, which consists of any sort of small living thing that happens to be aloft - mosquitoes, midges, moths, flies, ballooning spiders.

Richard Preston

SmallLivingAirEatPreyFeed

Voters should absolutely know that a future president has the instincts to react to real-life and unrehearsed situations.

Richard Grenell

FutureKnowReactPresidentShould

In the early '80s, my sound - especially that mysterious kind of synthesized sound that was used so much - every relatively cheap TV show eventually had it because it's not expensive. It's just one guy doing the whole soundtrack. So it was overdone.

Giorgio Moroder

DoingEarlyKindMysteriousSound

I got approached by SoBe a few months ago about being an ambassador and I learned about the previous ones including Naomi Campbell, so I was instantly interested! Then I tried and really liked it. It's different and has interesting flavours... we don't have anything like it in the U.K.

Ellie Goulding

InterestingAmbassadorAnythingBeing

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