Zoe Akins (Zoe Byrd Akins) Quotes
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There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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I try to photobomb as much as possible.
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I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
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Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.
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While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
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The lyrics are so important to me. And that there is something going on in the lyrics. That the song actually has something to say.
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I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking to or what situation we are in.
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If there are people you haven't forgiven, you're not going to really awaken. You have to let go.
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Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right - that it sometimes discourages innovation - then we should worry.
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Make health care a right, not a privilege.
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Learning should be engaging. Testing should not be the be all and end all. All students should have a broad curriculum that includes the arts and enrichment. Students should have opportunities to work in teams and engage in project-based learning. And student and family well-being should be front and center.
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At times, my very own media makes me cringe, and occasionally out loud. By the way, nothing clears the head like an out-loud cringe.
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I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.
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We all have different perspectives on the world. I'm a woman. I live in Chicago. I'm gay.
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I started teaching when I was in my 20s because Lee Strasberg asked me to, and he didn't do that with a lot of people.
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When it comes to staying myself - my career isn't my life, it doesn't come home with me. So it's a piece of piss staying grounded and not being changed by it. The same things I've always liked still satisfy me. My team's the same and my group of friends are the same. Of course I'm bowled over by people's response to 21, and when I meet artists I love, it blows my mind. But it baffles me as well. I go home and my best friend laughs at me, rather than going to a celebrity-studded party to rub shoulders with people who know me but who I don't know. I'm Z-list when it comes to that sh**.
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I used my NEA fellowship to write my novel, 'In Country,' which was published by Harper & Row in 1985.
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The part of modern pop music I don't know much about is hip hop.
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Fame is a mind - a way of thinking about things. It's all in your mind.
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Work alone qualifies us for life.
