Anne Carson Quotes

I started to learn Greek when I was in high school, the last year of high school, by accident, because my teacher knew Greek and she offered to teach me on the lunch hour, so we did it in an informal way, and then I did it at university, and that was the main thing of my life.

Anne Carson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: June 21, 1950

Topics

LifeTeacherSchoolMeLunchLearn

If there's any state in the country whose values are not consistent with the things Trump has been saying, it's the State of Maryland.

John Delaney

SayingValuesCountryThingsBeen

I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home.

Andrea Bocelli

HomeMindFrameEuropeEuropean

My mom loved fashion. We loved to travel and go to Italy and Paris.

Melania Trump

TravelMomFashionLovedParisGo

I find women more interesting to watch on a lot of levels, and I like the idea of being involved with something I would watch.

Max Minghella

WomenInterestingFindMoreWatch

Sometimes I try to just sit at home and do something calmer and simpler and just be in my life. You know, not trying to solve a lot of things at once.

Angelina Jolie

LifeHomeMy LifeTryingYouKnow

When people talk about the death of the novel, they are speaking of the need for the birth of something different.

Mohsin Hamid

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My father has never once asked me a question, any question. There's a freedom that came from that. It allowed me to create my own way of thinking.

Douglas Coupland

FatherFreedomMeThinkingCreate

It's easy enough to foist your music collection on your kids. Lectures are not required; you just play the stuff while they are prisoner in the back seat on a long drive, or softly in the background while eating dinner.

Dean Wareham

MusicDinnerEatingDriveEnough

I love meeting fans. The people who are fans of my books are really smart and dedicated, because some independent comics are hard to get. I will drive all the way to Pittsburgh or Detroit to put it in their hands.

Brian Michael Bendis

LoveSmartPeopleDriveHandsWay

The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible.

Wynton Marsalis

TimeFirst TimeFirstTrumpetPublic

It is true that you can say that death is natural, but it is also natural to fight death. But if you stand up and say this is a big problem, we should do something about this, that makes people very uncomfortable, because they've made their peace with death.

Peter Thiel

PeaceDeathFightPeopleStand Up

I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the English bar; without which, impartial justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence.

Thomas Erskine

IntegrityJusticeIndependenceWill

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