Anne Fadiman Quotes

For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.

Anne Fadiman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 7, 1953

Topics

LearningMyselfPeopleMeLiterature

I'm glad I've had the comic work. I plan to do others, but I could lay it down if I had to choose. I hope I don't have to, though.

Joe R. Lansdale

WorkHopePlanChooseDownOthers

I thought if I wanted people to take me seriously, I needed to act serious and not reveal too much of my private life so people could seriously accept me in different things.

John Corbett

LifePeopleMeThoughtToo MuchAct

I never ran for student council or class president or any of that stuff. I didn't hang out with those people. It was just a different universe from the one I inhabited.

John Hickenlooper

PeopleUniverseStudentClassNever

I know how to make decisions and stand up to the criticism every day.

Michael Bloomberg

DayStand UpCriticismStandKnow

Yeah, all drama teachers are very effusive, very demonstrative, very emotionally open, very big, and gesticulate a lot, and are very physical.

Steve Coogan

DramaTeachersOpenBigPhysical

For a truly effective social campaign, a brand needs to embrace the first principles of marketing, which involves brand definition and consistent storytelling.

Simon Mainwaring

BrandMarketingEmbraceStorytelling

To amplify our efforts, USDA is joining with First Lady Michelle Obama in aggressively promoting the 'Let's Move' campaign, which will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources.

Tom Vilsack

ChildhoodLadyWillObesityFirst

Smudge your eyeliner. It creates a smoky effect.

Monica

YourEffectSmokyCreates

One of the most fascinating projects I worked on right after 'Officer' was 'Sadat,' a role for which Anwar Sadat's widow, Jehan, personally chose me. Although this TV miniseries won me nominations for the Golden Globe and an Emmy, strangely, it was boycotted in the Middle East.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

MeGoldenRightRoleMiddleGlobe

I'd refer to myself as a feminist. I don't think my music is overtly rooted in feminism. I'm a teenager, and 95 percent of my friends are boys, and that's just the way I've always been.

Lorde

MusicMyselfThinkFriendsWayBeen

After I left the Nets, I found out what it takes to not just make the Finals, but to win a championship. I think I have a sense now of how you build a championship structure and how you maintain that structure.

Jason Kidd

WinThinkYouNowBuildStructure

Innovation is critical to the heartbeat of any successful corporation in the industrialized world.

Dinesh Paliwal

InnovationWorldHeartbeatSuccessful

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