Anna Olson Quotes
Letting go of the need for perfection releases a burst of energy - and guess what - you may accidentally do a good job.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God.
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When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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I'm mad, they say. I am temperamental and dizzy and disagreeable. Well, let them talk. I can take it. Only one person can hurt me. Her name is Ida Lupino.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.
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I have lots and lots of party clothes. I mean real party clothes.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes on.
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Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
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A diet that is high in fat, sugar and salt makes it really hard for a body to function efficiently.
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I have long been interested in exploring and advancing the valuable relationships between the arts and society.
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Winning the Stanley Cup in '99 was a dream come true. I'll never forget it.
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I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.
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I always knew I wanted to be a technologist, so I went to Duke and got a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. Really, I thought my goal in life was to be an inventor, a problem solver, so I thought I needed a Ph.D. to be good at inventions, but it turns out that you don't.
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It's been amazing to watch, because for 'Thor', which was always a mid-selling book, to be in the top ten for every single issue since the reboot is just a great compliment.
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I had always been literary, in the sense of loving poetry and discovering novels, but I found my voice, as they say, in an office full of elderly people who looked after blind ex-servicemen.
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Actors are seen as celebrities, but they're just real people with families.
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I get to choose things that interest me as opposed to trying to get any job that will have me, which for a vast majority of actors is the case.
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Mexico doesn't deserve what has happened to us. A democratic change is urgent, a change that will permit us to stop being a loser country.
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'Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical.
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Letting go of the need for perfection releases a burst of energy - and guess what - you may accidentally do a good job.
