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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All of the clean technologies are known, it's a question of simply applying them.
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I started out as a singer and a musician, and I was taught that your job is just to get out of the way of Brahms or Arthur Miller or Shakespeare and convey the brilliance that they created.
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It's the writers' job to make it positive. It's my job to make it real.
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Like the Earth, the Web is a less appealing place than it used to be. If I want attitude and arguing and meanness and profanity and wrong information screamed at me as gospel, I'll get in a time machine and spend Christmas with my family in 1977.
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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.
