Anthony Doerr Quotes

Great writers probably shouldn't be ranked, at least not by me.

Anthony Doerr

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GreatMeLeastWritersRanked

I once set myself a deadline: half a chapter a week, 20 minutes a day. The thought froze me instantly, like literary Botox. I returned to my non-schedule: sleeping, writing 20 minutes, and then back to sleep. Breakfast in bed, with juice congealing on the sill: pages and pages began to pour out again.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

MyselfDaySleepBreakfastMeWeek

The Democratic Party has learned from the terrible mistakes of the past. Our platform requires that we honor, fulfill, and strengthen the federal government's trust responsibility to American Indians. We take this responsibility seriously.

Tom Perez

ResponsibilityTrustMistakesPast

True, most Americans give lip service to the proposition that even the most exalted among us have their flaws, but we are eager to believe that presidents manage to rise above the limitations that beset the rest of us.

Robert Dallek

ServiceBelieveRestRise AboveRise

Our greatness has always come from people who expect nothing and take nothing for granted - folks who work hard for what they have, then reach back and help others after them.

Michelle Obama

WorkGreatnessHelp OthersPeople

I just couldn't imagine hitting a child. But in 'The Slap' it's an extreme situation. You have to ask yourself - would you step in if a child was out of control?

Jonathan LaPaglia

YourselfStepChildControlYouAsk

I have worked in kitchens since I was 15 years old and never had a break.

Johnny Iuzzini

NeverOldYearsBreakSinceHad

Change is inevitable, change will always happen, but you have to apply direction to change, and that's when it's progress.

Doug Baldwin

ChangeProgressDirectionYouWill

Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be.

Columbus Short

WorkMeChillYouWantOut

Everybody at school knew who I was because I'm just a really friendly person.

Corbin Bleu

SchoolPersonFriendlyBecauseJust

It's wonderful to return to 'Peaky Blinders.' We're all here for the right reasons - to work and do justice to what's written on the page.

Annabelle Wallis

WorkJusticePageRightReturnHere

If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

FreedomI AmWelfareBecauseForces

It was the summer of 1968 or so, and Dad and my little brother were out camping. While up in the mountains, my brother was bitten by a rattlesnake. As they raced back to the base, my dad sucked out the venom and used his hands as a tourniquet and probably save his life, for it was a serious bite, and he was just a little kid.

Rick Tumlinson

LifeMountainsBrotherHandsBack

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