Francesca Annis Quotes
The biggest privilege I've had in my life is being able to make a choice. If you make a choice, it can't be a wrong choice because it seemed like a good idea at the time.
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You rarely get satisfaction sitting in an easy chair. If you work in a garden on the other hand, and it yields beautiful tomatoes, that's a good feeling.
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Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
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I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.
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Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.
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I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.
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Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.
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I've always said if what I'm going to create doesn't look good on everybody, I'm not going to do it.
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I like a quiet life.
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I time everything. I'm a scientist at heart.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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The only thing worse than a bad review from the Ayatollah Khomeini would be a good review from the Ayatollah Khomeini.
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I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.
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A man's brain has a more difficult time shifting from thinking to feeling than a women's brain does.
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The more determinedly I exist, as myself, within the conditions of the time, the more clearly I shall hear the language of the past, the nearer I shall feel the glow of its life.
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Like many women, I stay active juggling many aspects of a very full life! I'm a busy mom. I also love to travel, garden, cook and volunteer at my kids school.
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The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore - she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls. I thought, "That's who I should grow up to be." It's odd, because it was her physical image that I wanted; I had no idea what it was like actually to be her. In those days, we weren't bombarded by images the way we are now, and the ones we did have were more vivid in people's minds.
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For me, 'Mommy' was about developing very humane characters that would be very credible and endearing and work onscreen.
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I'm interested in people who have lived, who are searching and questioning.
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Jason Rezaian is coming home. A courageous journalist for The Washington Post who wrote about the daily lives and hopes of the Iranian people, he's been held for a year and a half. He embodies the brave spirit that gives life to the freedom of the press. Jason has already been reunited with his wife and mom.
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The biggest privilege I've had in my life is being able to make a choice. If you make a choice, it can't be a wrong choice because it seemed like a good idea at the time.
