Anne Lamott Quotes

Mother's Day celebrates a huge lie about the value of women: that mothers are superior beings, that they have done more with their lives and chosen a more difficult path.

Anne Lamott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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What's lovely about 'Eureka' is that it's a sci-fi show, but it's not monsters from outer space; it's not craziness from outer space. It's just about this community of people and what they do. These geniuses have sometimes done wonderful things and sometimes created global warming. It has this wonderful left-of-center sense of humor.

Joe Morton

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If I were Elizabeth Sloane, I wouldn't be wearing makeup. I'd just be focused on getting the job done.

Jessica Chastain

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Why is the world that I see around me mixed, and why is the world I see in movies filled with all white people? Why does it have to be like that?

John Leguizamo

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People should vote for democracy, and Britain should vote for hope.

Michael Gove

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The right to kill another person is not a right that I would agree with and support.

Tom Tancredo

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If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan and play it back, it sounds like the pops and cracks on an old 33 1/3 recording. Almost exactly like that. You could substitute it for that sound.

Tom Waits

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You have to be really, really careful how you use bitcoin in order to use it privately.

Roger Ver

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Throughout the history of spaceflight and the study of effects of exploring to human, space environment to human body, we have accumulated enough knowledge to be able to move over to the next step: getting ready for interplanetary missions, for interplanetary exploration.

Roman Romanenko

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Acting was far from my world. I rarely saw a play. I never met a real actress; they seemed unreal.

Mary Steenburgen

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Leo Durocher was our manager and he brought Willie up to me and said, 'This is Willie Mays and he's your new roommate.' You could see right away that this young man was a natural. He had those real big hands, great power and speed and would catch everything hit in his direction. He's the best center fielder that ever lived, no question.

Monte Irvin

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I am so excited to let fans in on how important my relationship with my family is to me. I hope to motivate mothers and daughters to build lifetimes of memories together and inspire kids around the world to live their dreams.

Miley Cyrus

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Infrastructure is one of the core responsibilities of government and one that cannot be shortchanged by other controversial spending. I believe investment in infrastructure pays dividends for decades and is a wise investment of taxpayer dollars.

Douglas R. Oberhelman

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