Anna Lappe Quotes
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In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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Change will not come from above, it will come from below, from the small and medium size businesspeople. They do dare to show their faces. They applaud us and help us financially.
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Growing up in Ireland, there never seemed to be the notion that children should be seen and not heard. We all looked forward to mealtimes when we'd sit around the table and talk about our days. Storytelling and long, rambling conversations were considered good things.
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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
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I feel like a lot of directing is casting.
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Pop culture, it's crazy. There's all this violence in video games. In 'Call of Duty,' people are literally just blowing other people up. Hey, let's protect your country from your couch while eating your sandwich.
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It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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Personally, I love theater; that's where I started.
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Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry.
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I educated myself. To me, school was boring.
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I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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My dad used to give me a lot of spankings. Anything I did wrong, he was on me. I was raised by a strict disciplinarian. He kind of laid down the law.
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From 1997 through 1999, I had gained so much. People don't realize how something like weight gain can make you sad. Losing weight has changed my life. If you can take control of your life, you can lose weight.
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To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.
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Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
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Courage is saying maybe what I'm doing isn't working, maybe I should try something else.
