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Kevin Canty Quotes

The moment I'm interested in, the moment I'm working toward in these stories, is when the familiar world seems strange.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 17, 1953

Topics

Moment World Strange Seems Working

It becomes very easy as an actor to immerse yourself when you're in the real places.

Yourself Easy You Actor Places Real

The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.

Character Story Back Never Always

It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct.

Anna Howard Shaw

Believe Better You Be True Wrong

I thought it would be a funny concept to publish a book about stand-up comedy with Faber, the poetry publisher, and to apply to stand-up the same sort of weight of annotation that you would to a classic work of literature, an epic poem. I thought that would be funny.

Work Funny Poetry Book Thought You

We must not fail to recognise that television can be a hugely positive influence in children's lives, one of the greatest educators in contemporary society and an increasing influence on all the children followed in 'Child of Our Time.'

Positive Children Time Child Society

The world will not accept dictatorship or domination.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Government World Dictatorship Accept

The iPhone will forever be associated with the inventive genius of Steve Jobs and Silicon Valley. But the roots of innovation can be traced back - from one genius to another, at least - back to the genius who put the phone in iPhone: Alexander Graham Bell.

Innovation Roots Genius Back Phone

When you've got African parents, you go to uni, do finance, and go into accounting. But I'm not good with systems. I dropped out in my final year of college to become a Christian poet. Then went back to do my A-levels and went to uni in Birmingham to do political science and theology. I lasted 12 weeks.

Good Science Finance Parents College

My style is confrontational: when I see evil, I want to remove it right away.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Style Evil Want Right See I See

The personal thing is something I have never talked about. And I never will. That is prohibited. My job is public. But that's it. When you're not working, you don't have an obligation to be public.

Job You Personal Will Never Working

I want a superfight. That's my biggest wish. I want to test myself in different divisions.

Myself Wish Want Test Different

And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people. You're a lot more gracious to others.

Forgiveness People Grace Feel You

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