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Own Quotes by Anna Quindlen
- People who wish to salute the free and independent side of their evolutionary character acquire cats. People who wish to pay homage to their servile…
- A man who builds his own pedestal had better use strong cement.
- We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.
- All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.
- In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own.
- How is it that, a full two centuries after Jane Austen finished her manuscript, we come to the world of Pride and Prejudice and find…
- In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds but into my own. I learned who I was and who I wanted to be,…
- When I quit The New York Times to be a fulltime mother, the voices of the world said I was nuts....But if success is not…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov