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In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.

Anne Enright

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Anne Enright
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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To be able to have the space to sit down and write has always been my central policy.
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Remember, if you sit at your desk for 15 or 20 years, every day, not counting weekends, it changes you. It just does. It may not improve your temper, but it fixes something else. It makes you more free.
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I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.
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I never wanted to be mainstream as a writer, but look at what's happened.
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