"She was good at talking with young people.……" — Anne Tyler
"She was good at talking with young people. She seemed to view them as interesting foreigners."
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99 Quotes by Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler has 99 quotes on this site.
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I don't type [when I write] because . . . I often have the feeling that everything flows directly from…
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Once your mind is caught on the right snag, there's nothing so hard about the mechanics of writing.
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Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine - what it does to people, how it can…
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None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood,…
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It's true that writing is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of…
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I didn't really choose to write; I more or less fell into it.
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I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the…
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I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever…
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But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read -…
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And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not…
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I consciously try to end my novels at a point where I won't have to wonder about my characters ever…
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I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but I don't think it's supernatural.…
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More Foreigners Quotes
This quote is filed under Foreigners Quotes,
one of 217 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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My country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims.
— Brigitte Bardot
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The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make…
— Steven Biko
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It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are…
— Bhumibol Adulyadej
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But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If…
— Harry Browne
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I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.
— Michael Caine
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In America, I'm a foreigner because of my Korean heritage. In Asia, because I was born in America, I'm a…
— Margaret Cho
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It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers.…
— John Henrik Clarke
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There is nothing obscure about the objectives of educational exchange. Its purpose is to acquaint Americans with the world as…
— J. William Fulbright
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People in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky, or depraved, or…
— Margaret Mead
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America shudders at anything alien, and when it wants to shut its mind against any man's ideas it calls him…
— Max Lerner
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The simple fact is this: they are foreigners inside a country which has rejected them. Therefore, these foreigners wherever they…
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to…
— Yao Ming
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