Anne Carson Quotes

I don't read reviews and I don't know what to do with opinions, so I just lose them. They take up space, they become a process of manufacturing a persona, which I want to avoid.

Anne Carson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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When I went to school at Emerson, I was completely charmed living there and loved the architecture of the Back Bay.

Joanna Going

ArchitectureSchoolLovedBackBay

You aren't sure if you're making the right decision - about anything, ever.

Joan Didion

DecisionYouRightAnythingSure

You cannot escape from the biological law of cause and effect - food choices are the most significant cause of disease and premature death.

Joel Fuhrman

FoodDeathLawChoicesYouEscape

I didn't hit puberty until I was, like, 17, so I love to talk about that.

Jenny Slate

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A family going through a divorce, a child under attack by a demon, all these things I could relate to.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.

Meshell Ndegeocello

KindnessYourselfPeopleStartYou

Marvel Studios has depicted the Marvel superheroes so beautifully that the whole world loves them.

Stan Lee

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But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations.

Sue Kelly

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If a girl is not covered from head to toe, it does not mean she is inviting you to ogle at her. If we are interpreting it that way, it is not the girl, but our upbringing that is to be blamed. It is the thought process that needs to be changed.

Sonakshi Sinha

GirlThoughtProcessYouWayShe

When I wrote for myself before as an artist, I probably wrote about 15, 20 songs a year. I thought that was a lot. Then, when I first started writing for the people, I wrote, like, 65 songs in a year for two years in a row.

LP

MyselfPeopleWritingThoughtYear

I never understood why women wanted equality in the workplace when in fact, that would be selling them short.

Jay Samit

WomenEqualityShortSellingWhy

Unless we understand a certain material - metal or resin and plastic - understanding the processes that turn it from ore, for example - we can never develop and define form that's appropriate.

Jonathan Ive

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