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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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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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The source of justice is not vengeance but charity.
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If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public what's going on up there in the space program, then my job's been done.
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As the beautiful does not exist for the artist and poet alone—though these can find in it more poignant depths of meaning than other men—so the world of Reality exists for all; and all may participate in it, unite with it, according to their measure and to the strength and purity of their desire.
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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.
