Margaret Atwood Quotes

Canada was built on dead beavers.

Margaret Atwood

Recitation: by Male by Female

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CanadaDeadBuilt

The psychology of brutality was worse than the beatings.

John Blair

PsychologyBrutalityWorseThan

The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job.

John Frankenheimer

JobYouDeadOldGetCome

Sometimes I hear people saying, 'Nothing has changed.' Come and walk in my shoes.

John Lewis

ShoesWalkPeopleSayingSometimes

A band in our position, we have a first impression to make. We don't want to come out of the gate and make people sad. I think we consciously made that choice to keep it happy and up.

Matthew Ramsey

SadHappyPeopleThinkChoiceWant

People say to me, 'You don't seem that interested in interviews.' Well, you know, I'm not, often. I'm not going to talk tactics with the press, so you are left with talking about how you are feeling; for me, it is not the most interesting thing to be doing.

Andy Murray

PeopleMeInterestingDoingTalking

The chance you passed up or missed could have had any number of different outcomes, and it's easy to fantasize about how much better every one of those outcomes would have been.

Robin Marantz Henig

ChanceBetterEasyYouMissedUp

I would rather be nuts than unattractive.

Russell Smith

NutsWouldRatherThanUnattractive

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

Mary Wortley Montagu

DiamondsLibertyChainsPrefer

I always practice, even on the cat tracks or in those interstitial periods. My dad says, 'Even when you're just stopping, be sure to do it right, maintaining a good position, with counter-rotational force.' These are the kinds of things my dad says, and I'm like, 'Shut up.'

Mikaela Shiffrin

GoodPracticeYouRightShut UpCat

I love to-do lists.

Louise Wilson

LoveListsI Love

I have many queer friends who I consider to be heroes of mine, and they feel the same way toward me.

Liv Bruce

MeFeelFriendsWaySameHeroes

As an artist, I think you always have to take care of yourself as a person probably even more than the average person because your body is so important to your art.

Josh Young

ArtYourselfThinkCareTake Care

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