Anna Meredith Quotes
Performances are so defined by their venues - it'd be nice for the music to dictate more of the reaction.
Quotes to Explore
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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I've found that people feel very free to say insulting things, not about me personally, but about the things I believe. It's sad, because I really could care less where people are coming from, politically, religiously.
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A lot of things can't be modeled very well.
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There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.
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The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.
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I started feeling secure in every way once I began to accept myself the way I was. Whether that was emotional, financial or professional security, all of it came and embraced me because I embraced myself.
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The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my ranking. I think I can hit the ball. It's just about my body cooperating. It's about being able to play matches in a row. Right now, I'm not sure how much I can do with that, but we'll see.
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When I put out 'Video Games' in May 2011, it was a 5:25-minute love song; I was surprised when a lot of people said they were listening to it. I was surprised when it went to the radio, without me even knowing how something like that even happens!
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I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face.
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I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.
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I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.
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I'm not a guy that ever got in a fight on the street and with the public and everybody.
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I always wanted to perform. I remember being 5 years old and telling my parents to sit down as I was going to put on a play for them.
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I think comedy stems from being honest, often painfully so. I hope I can achieve that perspective in my own life and also have fun.
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I hate dream sequences in movies and T.V. shows generally for their heavy-handed symbolism and storytelling tediousness.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, knowing you are loved and wanted.
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Be sure that, as you scramble up the ladder of success, it is leaning against the right building.
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Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.
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Performances are so defined by their venues - it'd be nice for the music to dictate more of the reaction.
