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You Quotes by Annie Dillard
- Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you.
- Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for…
- The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.
- Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and…
- You are wrong if you think that you can in any way take the vision and tame it to the page. The page is jealous…
- You can't test courage cautiously.
- At its best, the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for it.
- If you're going to publish a book, you probably are going to make a fool of yourself.
- It makes more sense to write one big book - a novel or nonfiction narrative - than to write many stories or essays. Into a…
- Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients. That is, after all,…
- There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true…
More You Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — 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