Anne Lamott Quotes

All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often, grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you.

Anne Lamott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ParentsYouGrandparentsReliefKids

I have never been a 'hair person.' Growing up, my mom and my sister, who loved to get their hair done, would always give me a hard time about not getting mine done.

Jessica Williams

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I'm very particular but very thrifty at the same time.

Andra Day

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To be adult is to be alone.

Jean Rostand

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I remember I had a fight with my friend when I touched a boy for the first time and I didn't tell her. She got mad with me, not because I didn't tell her but because I'd done it in the first place.

Amanda Seyfried

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Like the early days of the Internet, the dawn of personal genomics promises benefits and pitfalls that no one can foresee.

Steven Pinker

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I went to art school first and thought that I'm going to design theater sets. That was my path.

Ron Ben-Israel

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Reaching beyond where you are is really important.

Martin Seligman

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In cyberspace, people with different skin colors, nationalities, cultures and languages should be equally entitled to participation, free speech and development. We should abandon prejudices, respect differences, and be tolerant and open.

Lu Wei

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Paul Robeson was an athlete, Rutgers valedictorian, lawyer, writer, actor in movies and plays, great voice - a black male doing it all, back when some people thought he shouldn't. One reason I do all the things I do is to break stereotypes that people can only do certain things.

Dhani Jones

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Automation is great for profits, but it's a real potential trouble area for society.

Chieh Huang

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I'm really not for famous people who design a line for a company, when you know it's not really them creating it but a team of designers, especially when there are so many talented people who've taken the time to go and study fashion.

Bonnie Wright

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We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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