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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I am proud to be an African.
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Ageing is one of those battles you're not going to win. I'll try to look as good as I can as long as I can. I don't think I'll do cosmetic surgery because I'm a wimp.
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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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Having spent so much of my life with Shakespeare's world, passions and ideas in my head and in my mouth, he feels like a friend - someone who just went out of the room to get another bottle of wine.
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I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't.
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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.
