Ann Petry Quotes
All life goes in a circle, around and around, you started at one place, and then came right back to it again.
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I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.
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The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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Food is my favourite thing in the world. I always say if I ate what I actually wanted to eat I'd be in one of those electronic scooters because I'd be too big.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.
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I do watch 'Revenge,' 'American Horror Story' and 'Game of Thrones.' I am behind on all of them. But I do watch them. Those are my go-to shows.
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I remember the absolute, joyous freedom I felt when I first went to college: I had no bedtime, no curfew, no rules - I loved it. I was in charge. I couldn't believe I didn't have to answer to anyone.
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It's hard enough condensing 500 pages into a movie, and it would have been impossible to condense 800.
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You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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We have seen that no religion stands on the basis of things known; none bounds its horizon within the field of human observation; and, therefore, as it can never present us with indisputable facts, so must it ever be at once a source of error and contention.
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What do young, budding artists do, but go to law school? I had creative periods now and again, but it wasn't until I was practicing law that I really needed a creative outlet. I'd come home from long days at the office and draw, paint, and sculpt from clay, wire - even candy.
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When I first came in the business, I had a couple of close calls on planes going to London for shows. There was one time where the plane had to fly around until a storm ended, and then we started having a question about fuel, so we had to go through the storm. It was the worst thing that ever happened in my life. That really messed me up.
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Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.
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This is what being alive feels like, you know? The place doesn't matter. You just live.
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When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience.
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I've always liked men better than women.
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You have to pay attention to who you are. You need to know your family history as well as you can. It is important for young women to have preventive care. If you catch any women's cancers early it's the difference between life and death. Do you really want to leave your kids without a mother?
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All life goes in a circle, around and around, you started at one place, and then came right back to it again.
