Anne Lamott Quotes

The American way is to not need help, but to help.

Anne Lamott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I came from a family in Texas who simply never spoke about money.

Jim Parsons

FamilyMoneyTexasNeverWhoSimply

The Constitution of the United States was made by white men, the citizens and representatives of twelve slaveholding and one non-slaveholding State; and it was made for white men.

John H. Reagan

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I think is important to give a child room to make mistakes in order to learn. Mistakes build wings so later in life they can fly and go on their own. Let them fall once in awhile... Be their friend and parent as well. When they're in trouble, they will come to you first. Don't try to change their opinion.

Melania Trump

LifeChangeFriendMistakesChild

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he shall not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or too base for what he wants to offer.

Max Weber

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Too afraid of plagiarising someone, so I stopped reading fiction in 1981.

Robert Rankin

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Even when I became the editor of 'Vogue' - America, I kept moonlighting for a garment store.

Mary McFadden

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A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

Miguel de Unamuno

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Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people.

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

PeopleMagicKindWordPersian

I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.

Jason Priestley

ChallengeFunHappyMeDirecting

I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA.

Johnny Weissmuller

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We see less of Dave, certainly, and he's kind of fallen out of the sphere of our group, mostly because he's working on his show, and has kind of lost the fun of the party.

Bruce McCulloch

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Of all wonders, this is among the greatest, that some fresh waters close by the sea spring forth as out of pipes: for the nature of the waters also ceaseth not from miraculous properties.

Pliny the Elder

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