"When I was learning to write I was surrounded by poets; Brian Blanchfield and Annie Guthrie were always with me as I was learning. I'm so grateful for the poets in my life. Because of them I always knew the importance of each word, line."

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Source : "Making A Narrative In The Darkness: A Conversation With Samantha Hunt". Interview with Rumaan Alam, therumpus.net. July 17, 2017.

Samantha Hunt

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“When I achieved the European record for reciting pi in 2004, this captured the imagination of Professor Simon Baron-Cohen in Cambridge, and he finally diagnosed me with Asperger's that year.”
“Those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.”

Source : "Linux: Linus on Choice". Post the Linux Kernel Mailing List, web.archive.org. September 24, 2003.
“[Suggesting her epitaph:] This is too deep for me.”
“He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.”
“The bad things are that our financing of health care is really a moral morass. It is a moral morass in the sense that it signals to the doctors and hospitals that human beings have different values depending on their income status.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“What is a career, actually? Nobody can destroy my career. Only I can destroy my career, if I am a bad conductor. I've gone to lesser known orchestras in Scotland and Sweden, Detroit, but I have enjoyed the places I've been, and had success. I like the close community relations, and to solve problems.”
“Polisse' is the sort of cop thriller where people do things like angrily bang on a desktop or sweep everything off it. If it happens once, it must happen six times. But every time it did, I wanted to stand up and cheer, which I've never wanted to do for any such thriller.”
“Best defender I have played against? Carles Puyol”

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