Anne Enright Quotes

I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you are going to be this, this, and this.

Anne Enright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: October 11, 1962

Topics

WorkPeopleConstructionThinkYou

A five-pound boneless rolled-and-tied breast of veal, like any other piece of meat fit for braising, can come in many shapes and sizes. So recipe times aren't uniformly applicable. A long and thin tied roast will cook more quickly than its stouter, football-shaped cousin.

Andrew Zimmern

LongWillMoreMeatRecipeShapes

People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there.

Meryl Streep

ChildrenPeopleYouSayChanges

It was an incredible series, 'From The Earth To The Moon.' All of it's great.

Tony Goldwyn

GreatMoonEarthIncredibleSeries

That is why I strongly believe we should working in Congress to make America a better place to run a business by reducing the costly burdens of bureaucracy and red tape.

Mike Simpson

BusinessRedBelieveBetterAmerica

When I write something that would have made me laugh as a 10-year-old, or would have scared me or would have excited me, I know I'm onto something.

Jonathan Stroud

MeLaughKnowWriteScaredExcited

When you're undocumented, you're supposed to keep your head down and be quiet and pay taxes, social security - even though people don't know that we do those things - and not say anything.

Jose Antonio Vargas

PeopleYouSecurityDownQuietKnow

For the last several years and culminating in six months in orbit next year, I've been training for my third space flight. This one is almost in a category completely different than the previous two, specifically to live in on the space station for six months, to command a space ship and to fly a new rocket ship.

Chris Hadfield

WorkLiveTrainingSpaceFlyShip

I'm the most independent and conservative Democrat in New York State.

Brian Higgins

New YorkNewIndependentConservative

The writer studies literature, not the world. He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write.

Annie Dillard

WorldLiteratureWillWriteCareful

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in the town where I grew up.

Alison Bechdel

FatherMotherKindUpWhereLocal

The man who won't loan money isn't going to have many friends - or need them.

Wilt Chamberlain

MoneyManFriendsLoanNeedGoing

I think that the more we, as a state, yield and cede decisions to the federal government, the lesser we'll be for it as a state.

Scott Pruitt

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