Amy Van Dyken Quotes
To the girls that gave me a hard time in high school. I want to say thank you. This is a victory for all the nerds out there.
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I do get approached occasionally, but not a ton. I'm unrecognizable because I'm coated in cat hair and sweat. And there's a sort of yeti quality to my presence... so I don't think that people can see the face.
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Honestly, I wish I could be a part of all the remakes of my father's films. But on second thought, I wouldn't want to be a part of any. The thought of being compared to him is unnerving. I'd rather do my films than live in the fear of living up to his standards.
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The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.
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Anything scarce will ultimately be tokenized because the benefits of digitization and increased liquidity are so great.
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Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him.
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I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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I have opposed the Communist cold war line ever since, both by public utterance and by private help to trade unionists breaking free from the Communist influence.
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I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. It wasn't until 1980 - I think I was 12 years old - that I thought, 'Wow that's what I want to do. I want to be on the Olympic team.'
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We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices.
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The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol.
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'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
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My most profound growth as a writer came when I joined an online critique group. What a harrowing, terrifying, wonderful experience that was.
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Beauty was never really my trip. Maybe those roles are attracted to me?
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The original settlers in Iceland were the nobles of Norway who left their native land to avoid the tyranny of Harold Fairhair, who tried to crush their power so as to make himself a despotic king in the land.
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An empty canvas is a living wonder... far lovelier than certain pictures.
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I was brought up in Britain, and I'm very proud of my Britishness and my culture.
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In many a piece of music, it's the pause or the rest that gives the piece its beauty and its shape. And I know I, as a writer, will often try to include a lot of empty space on the page so that the reader can complete my thoughts and sentences and so that her imagination has room to breathe.
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An unemployed court jester is nobody's fool.
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Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.
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The painting never changes once I've started to paint it. I work things out before-hand in the sketches.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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To the girls that gave me a hard time in high school. I want to say thank you. This is a victory for all the nerds out there.
