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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 it?), and I suspect we gave her a secret, second name as well, to keep her safe.

~Anne Enright

Topics: Able Before Child Days Did First First Child Gave Her Keep Like Me Name Naming Nice People Safe Second Secret Speak Suspect Took Well What If

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After May 1940, the good times were few and far between; first there was the war, then the capitulation, and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews.

~Anne Frank

Topics: After Arrival Between Far Few First Germans Good Good Times Jews May Started Then Times Trouble War Were Which

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When I meet people for the first time, I'm friendly but shy. I'm much less outwardly nervous than I used to be, but I still get anxious sometimes.

~Anne Hathaway

Topics: Anxious First First Time Friendly Get Less Meet Much Nervous People Shy Sometimes Still Than Time Used

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Left to my own devices, my first inclination is to mess in other people's lives. I secretly believe my whole family, and really the whole world, is my responsibility.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Believe Devices Family First Inclination Left Lives Mess My Own Other Own People Really Responsibility Secretly Whole World

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I'm drawn to almost any piece of writing with the words 'divine love' and 'impeachment' in the first sentence. But I know the word 'divine' makes many progressive people run screaming for their cute little lives, and so one hesitates to use it.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Almost Any Cute Divine Divine Love Drawn First Hesitates Impeachment Know Little Lives Love Makes Many People Piece Progressive Run Screaming Sentence Use Word Words Writing

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The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery of God's identity and love and ways. I hate that, but it's the truth.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Accept Always Faith First God Had Hate Holy Identity Love Men Men And Women Mystery True Truth Ways Women

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Alice Adams wrote a sweet note to me after my first novel came out when I was 26, and I was so blown away that I sent her a bunch of stamps by return mail. I have no idea what I was thinking. It was a star-struck impulse.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: After Alice Away Blown Blown Away Bunch Came First Her Idea Impulse Mail Me No Idea Note Novel Out Return Sent Stamps Sweet Thinking Wrote

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I'm at the gym at 6, so I'm usually in my office by 7:15. And I try to not schedule a lot of meetings before 8. So I've got that first hour to get myself organized for the day and to make sure that I've structured what I want to do.

~Anne M. Mulcahy

Topics: Before Day First For The Day Get Got Gym Hour Lot Make Meetings Myself Office Organized Schedule Structured Sure Try Want

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I started to respect older actors when I was young and then contemporary actors later on. Then I learned respect for comedy. When I was first doing theatre, I thought of it as just a means to become Sarah Bernhardt or someone like that. But acting with young people has been a great learning experience.

~Anne Meara

Topics: Acting Actor Become Been Comedy Contemporary Doing Experience First Great Great Learning Experience Just Later Learned Learning Learning Experience Like Means Older People Respect Sarah Someone Started Theatre Then Thought Young Young People

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I was born in London, England, in 1938, a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my life there, although I was evacuated a couple of times for short periods. My schooling was very interrupted, both by frequent moves and by ill health.

~Anne Perry

Topics: Although Before Born Both Couple England Few First Frequent Health Ill Interrupted Life London Months Moves My Life Periods Schooling Short Spent Times Very War Years I Was Born

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