Fisher Ames Quotes
No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
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Not everybody fantasizes about robbing a bank, but I think most people have that fantasy of being in a high speed chase.
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Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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There's such a pressure on women that we put on ourselves and everyone else puts on us to look unrealistic and everything, but you just can't compare yourself to people in magazines.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors.
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The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
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I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.
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I wanted to identify that the black experience is American experience.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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My first show was in front of 30,000 people with will.i.am, and I wasn't even that nervous.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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Papa died when he was 77.
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We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.
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I can always go back to education.
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The reason we have cancer and heart disease is the same reason you can't get rid of the wear and tear on your tires on your car: as soon as you use them, you are wearing them away. You can't make eternal tires, and it's the same with the human body.
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I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.
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He owned a service station, and I used to go there and piddle around - pump some gas, get in the way.
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I put the girl’s teeth shaped like my mother’s teeth into my own mouth and on her teeth I chewed until I heard my own teeth in my head breaking and I swallowed and I smiled.
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Our epoch is a time of tragic collision between matter and spirit and of the downfall of the purely material world view.
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There's a social element of me that's pretty reserved. High school was when I was starting to come out of my shell because of the theater community.
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It's very easy to lose language - it can be shut off in a second.
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No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
