Anne Lamott Quotes

Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner's manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage.

Anne Lamott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 10, 1954

Topics

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You cannot work with men who won't work with you.

John Harvey Kellogg

WorkMenYouCannotWho

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.

John Dryden

AngerOthersUsLikeOurselves

I was in control of what people thought of me, but I had no control over what they thought of my mother. When I asked my mother, 'How do I tell people about you?' her answer was, 'Tell the truth'. But of course, the truth is never simple.

Jeannette Walls

MotherTruthSimplePeopleControl

Offbeat questions are nearly impossible to prepare for, and they don't achieve the interviewer's objective - to test out-of-the-box thinking and the ability to perform under pressure. That's the bad news. The good news is that companies are moving away from them.

Travis Bradberry

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It is universally agreed that Jean Renoir was one of the greatest of all directors, and he was also one of the warmest and most entertaining.

Roger Ebert

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As for my country, I don't live there, but obviously I'm very proud to be Canadian.

Mike Weir

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There is a well-established process by which a prosecutor can recuse themselves from a pending investigation and a special prosecutor be appointed.

Jay Nixon

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One of the things that the Grateful Dead did, way back when, was we spent a lot of time just turning each other on to music. If somebody was listening to something that really caught their ear, they'd make sure that everybody else in the band heard it, and that came home for us in innumerable ways.

Bob Weir

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What really excites me is the production. I get in there and change a lot of stuff.

Aubrie Sellers

ChangeMeProductionGetStuffLot

Working makes me happy, makes me calm.

Alicia Vikander

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The only strong opinion that I have about myself is that I don't have any opinions.

Sushant Singh Rajput

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There's no such thing as anybody who can't be beat; everybody can be beat. It's a question of how hard you're willing to work. It's a question of the environment, the surroundings. Frankly, there's a lot of issues with timing.

Pete Gallego

WorkEnvironmentYouTimingHard

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