Anne Lamott Quotes

I am the woman I grew to be partly in spite of my mother, and partly because of the extraordinary love of her best friends, and my own best friends' mothers, and from surrogates, many of whom were not women at all but gay men. I have loved them my entire life, even after their passing.

Anne Lamott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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You can dramatically affect the expression of your metabolism and your biochemistry by the way you eat and the way you live.

Jillian Michaels

LiveYouWayEatAffectExpression

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

John Ashcroft

PreventionTerrorismThanHigher

Even though, theoretically, being a composer and being a songwriter are the same thing, in my brain, they are completely different. When I am in my composing mode, I go into my studio and turn that part of my brain on like a faucet. And when I finish, I turn it off. But with songwriting, that process is much more elusive.

Michael Bacon

I AmBrainProcessGoSongwriting

Just scratching the surface. It's just the beginning. I'm still young. I've got a lot of time to grow.

Stefon Diggs

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Bands like Little Mix do represent youth culture because loads of 16 year old girls listen to them.

Stormzy

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Poetry is not the language we live in. It's not the language of our day-to-day errand-running and obligation-fulfilling, not the language with which we are asked to justify ourselves to the outside world. It certainly isn't the language to which commercial value has been assigned.

Tracy K. Smith

LiveValuePoetryWorldLanguage

I was completely nuts for most of my life.

Roseanne Barr

LifeMy LifeNutsMost

I'm trying to show I'm a trained actress - I can transform myself into different characters. I'm not just an ingenue.

Ming-Na Wen

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I don't believe in director's cuts where you make things longer. The coolest thing was when the Coen brothers did a director's cut of 'Blood Simple,' and they made it shorter.

Jason Reitman

SimpleBelieveYouBloodDirector

Millions of Americans take vitamins safely every day, including me. Vitamins and mineral supplements taken in recommended doses are safe. It's the designer supplements that are worrisome.

Dick Durbin

DayMeEvery DaySafeVitaminsTake

Whenever you write a true story, it's not going to go over 100 percent well with everybody.

Christopher Markus

StoryYouGoTrueWriteOver

I feel like, sometimes, plus-size women get scared to show skin... but summer is the time that we can enjoy doing that.

Ashley Nell Tipton

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