Francesca Annis Quotes
You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.
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I know what it takes, and you have to fight for yourself and what you believe in.
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Get rid of the preferences and the special deductions and the loopholes... and invest in getting the tax rate to a competitive level so we stop seeing companies move off shore.
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I suffer from low self-esteem. I had horrible self-esteem growing up. You really have to save yourself because the critic within you will eat you up. It's not the outside world - it's your interior life, that critic within you, that you have to silence.
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The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
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Today, fear of bloodshed is forcing us into recognizing new taboos: those of Muslims.
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Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life.
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I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt.
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In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about what you think about X, Y and Z. Unless you've got a twin brother who's also a stand-up.
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In a city, there's more room to be, where in a small town, you have to squish yourself down a little bit. And it's exciting for me to be pursuing a career where I don't have to be small.
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I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.
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I don't fear anything now.
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I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night.
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From the moment I wrote 'Leaf Storm' I realized I wanted to be a writer and that nobody could stop me and that the only thing left for me to do was to try to be the best writer in the world.
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I don't believe you should make fun of anyone but yourself.
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You know you've reached true success the day you become truly humble. That's the day you stop needing to prove to the world - and yourself - that you've accomplished something meaningful.
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The essence of a person is not the clothing she wears or the things he does. People who love them do not stop loving them when they change clothing or do other things. Your essence is not even your history, culture, race, or what you think and do. It is your soul.
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To overcome any sort of fear is satisfying, and to overcome it well is even better.
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I learned, especially from my mother, to respect the profession and take it seriously, but not take yourself too seriously.
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The camera is an extension of yourself... Your story treatment may be subjective, but it is important to remain objective as to truth.
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Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it.
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I like shocking people just because, like, I can wear a dress, too. Not even for people to go, 'Oh she's grown up,' but to show people that I'm actually a girl.
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Stay close by the door, if you desire all beauty
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You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.
