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People Quotes by Anne Enright
- I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you are going to…
- The only way to write a book, I’m fond of telling people, is to actually write a book. That’s how you write a book.
- I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.
- I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and…
- I'm really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don't confuse the issues, really. They know what a book is and…
- I've heard people, usually writers, say that no one wrote a great book after winning the Booker, but I honestly did not feel any big…
- I work at the sentences. Many of the things people find distinctive about my writing, I think of as natural.
- People do not change, they are merely revealed.
- And what amazes me as I hit the motorway is not the fact that everyone loses someone, but that everyone loves someone. It seems like…
- There are so few people given us to love. I want to tell my daughters this, that each time you fall in love it is…
- We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.
- Naming is nice. It took me days before I was able to speak a name for my first child (what if people did not like…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle