Anne Lamott Quotes

Sometimes I think God loves the ones who most desperately ache and are most desperately lost - his or her wildest, most messed-up children - the way you'd ache and love a screwed-up rebel daughter in juvenile hall.

Anne Lamott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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One of the reasons my ex-husband and I broke up is that he stopped eating my food.

Jill Scott

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When I get an idea, I start to write like I was electrically motivated.

Jerry Lewis

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A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind.

Robert Sheckley

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My dad was a theatrical guy. He wore a scuba suit one time because he said so-and-so was in the tank with the mayor. He didn't really care what people thought, so he was able to put himself out there. He didn't have a lot of shame, in a good way.

Maura Tierney

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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking very frankly, we cannot afford this kind of expense.

Jeff Bingaman

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Even from the very beginning, I didn't put any money in the stock market.

Trey Parker

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I just get the same stuff as I did before, but the price tag is much higher.

Robbie Coltrane

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My dad loved to laugh. He was very funny and very silly.

Mike Myers

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The estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on inheritance after death - a tax on money that has already been taxed.

Mike Fitzpatrick

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There are definitely designers that I love, people I love to work with. And who they are as people matters. Are they good people? Do they treat their staff well? Do they treat my staff well? Are they young? Can I give them a boost? But when all of that is equal... is it cute?

Michelle Obama

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Hollywood is a place that attracts people with massive holes in their souls.

Julia Phillips

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