Anne Lamott Quotes

I went to Goucher College in Maryland for the best possible reasons - to learn - but then I dropped out at 19 for the best possible reasons - to become a writer.

Anne Lamott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BestCollegeLearnBecomePossible

I would have worked no matter what. I was born and raised that way. It occurred to me to be married second.

Amy Pascal

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I did not use a Cayman Island entity to avoid paying taxes for myself.

Steve Mnuchin

MyselfIslandTaxesAvoidDidUse

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Michelangelo

FaithBestOneselfCourseSafest

I grew up watching North American sport - basketball, hockey - so I like it when it's a little bit more energetic, rowdier, heckling either for you or against you. I think it's fun to have that in sport.

Milos Raonic

FunBasketballHockeyThinkAmerican

Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.

Loretta Lynn

MarriageMenWhyGentleRealSteady

I know the feeling of confusion and betrayal. I know the feeling of fearing for my life.

Jason Reynolds

LifeMy LifeFeelingBetrayalKnow

I think that I do about 85% of what I used to do on my computer now on my iPad.

Dean Devlin

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I wasn't always minimal. In the early days, I was laying it on as thickly as I could, trying very hard to get it right. But I found that the harder I tried, the more tired whatever it was I was working on looked. And then I grew tired of it as well.

Chris Raschka

TiredTryingEarlyMoreHardRight

In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.

Alfred Stieglitz

RealityPhotographyMoreRealThan

I used to love 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe,' and I can still remember listening to them before I would fall asleep. I can remember the first ten minutes of the book perfectly, but whether I knew the rest of it was slightly more dicey.

William Moseley

LoveLionListeningBookRestFall

I don't want the power. When a project is given to me, and I say yes, I'm gonna oblige everybody who has the power to try to make it work.

William Goldman

WorkPowerMeSayWantTry

The great thing about athletics is that it's like poker sometimes: you know what's in your hand, and it may be a load of rubbish, but you've got to keep up the front.

Sebastian Coe

GreatYouKnowSometimesHandUp

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