Anthony Doerr Quotes

I had the little Radio Shack crystal radio, and then my aunt Judy bought me a shortwave radio. It was amazing to me: like on these really clear nights - I lived in Ohio - I could get Texas or Florida. You felt like the world was a smaller place.

Anthony Doerr

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AmazingMeWorldTexasYouPlace

I want all my stuff to be converted into digital format so I can have my reference library to carry with me wherever I go.

Jim Lee

MeLibraryI CanGoWantDigital

Clearly, any well-kept garden will be a source of pleasure in the summer months; in the bleak urban midwinter, however, there are few activities more likely to energise the spirit than a botanical walk.

John Burnside

WalkGardenSummerWillSpiritMore

The unnatural, that too is natural.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

NaturalTooUnnatural

I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.

John Cleese

LoveGoodGodChildrenWorldThink

A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a writer, if he's any good, is not an entirely benign entity in the world.

Michael Cunningham

GoodPeopleWorldThinkFeelingsHe

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.

Sophocles

DeathNightSomeoneMoreJust One

Ignorance is a matter of laziness, indifference, and apathy.

Tom Tancredo

IgnoranceLazinessMatterApathy

Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.

Diana Krall

CharacterStorySometimesOutGet

There is nothing inherently wrong about science.

Douglas Preston

ScienceWrongNothingAbout

I'll take a redrum with a rellik please.

Brian Celio

TakePlease

When you're fearless, you take more risks because you're less conscious of failure or what can go wrong.

Brett Ratner

FailureRisksFearlessYouWrongGo

I think guys that play basketball really understand how to go up and get a ball. Because in a rebound situation, you've got to go up and fight for a ball. Just boxing out. There are a lot of things that transfer.

Austin Seferian-Jenkins

FightBasketballThinkYouPlayGo

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