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I can think of no other experience quite like that of being 20 or so pages into a book and realizing that this is the real thing: a book that is going to offer the delicious promise of a riveting story, arresting language and characters that will haunt me for days.

~Anita Shreve

Topics: Being Book Characters Days Delicious Experience Going Haunt Language Like Me Offer Other Pages Promise Quite Real Real Thing Realizing Story Thing Think Will I Can

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A writer loses possession of her work as soon as it's reaches its audience. Each reader brings his own experience and prejudice and imagination to the work. Television adaptation just goes one step further, and the novelist has to learn to let go.

~Ann Cleeves

Topics: Adaptation Audience Brings Each Experience Further Go Goes Her His Imagination Just Learn Let Go Loses Novelist Own Possession Prejudice Reader Soon Step Television Work Writer

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Poverty is more than a material experience; it's a psychological state as well, one that is infused with anxiety. And decision-making is very complex because every decision you make has an impact on your future and survival.

~Ann Cotton

Topics: Anxiety Because Complex Decision Decision-Making Every Experience Future Impact Make Material More Poverty Psychological State Survival Than Very Well You Your

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My journey started with the understanding that poor parents share the universal desire for education for their children. No family in our experience has ever turned down educational support for their daughter.

~Ann Cotton

Topics: Children Daughter Desire Down Education Educational Ever Experience Family Journey My Journey Our Parents Poor Share Started Support Turned Understanding Universal

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As the leader of twelve apostles, even Jesus had more executive experience than Obama.

~Ann Coulter

Topics: Apostles Even Executive Experience Had Jesus Leader More Obama Than Twelve

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The Democrats want to bring in the Third World because these are, by and large, people who have no experience with Constitutional democracy.

~Ann Coulter

Topics: Because Bring Constitutional Democracy Democrats Experience Large No Experience People Third Third World Want Who World

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It's a question of dropping the armor and getting up and doing the work you want to do. And film at first is frightening because you are like, 'What's that camera doing?' But then it becomes family and therefore a really wonderful experience.

~Ann Dowd

Topics: Armor Because Becomes Camera Doing Dropping Experience Family Film First Frightening Getting Like Question Really Then Therefore Up Want Wonderful Wonderful Experience Work You

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Wherever the career wasn't going the way I wanted it to, I would experience those disappointments, and I would put them somewhere where I could say, 'Come on now, you're still working. Keep your focus where it belongs.'

~Ann Dowd

Topics: Belongs Career Come Could Disappointments Experience Focus Going Keep Now Put Say Somewhere Still Them Those Wanted Way Where Wherever Working Would You Your

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In my experience as an actor over so many years, I don't know when I have been touched so deeply on so many levels as I have been by 'The Leftovers' in my three years there. It is a profound exploration of life, of grief, of loss.

~Ann Dowd

Topics: Actor Been Deeply Experience Exploration Grief Know Leftovers Levels Life Loss Many Many Levels Over Profound So Many Years Three Touched Years

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After 9/11, new security measures not only added longer lines and earlier check-ins, but took away our privilege of carrying knitting needles or our favorite moisturizer on board with us. Although we want to be safe when we fly, in some ways it all just adds to the misery of our experience.

~Ann Hood

Topics: Added Adds After Although Away Board Carrying Earlier Experience Favorite Fly Just Knitting Lines Longer Measures Misery Needles New Only Our Privilege Safe Security Some Took Us Want Ways

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