Amanda Donohoe Quotes
That's the problem with soaps, of course. The stories never end. They can go on and on and on.
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I do try to structure everything in a way that's very much like a pop song. I try to keep the arrangements really simple, just to make everything essential.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries.
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My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist.
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If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
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I always wanted pink hair.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!
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If there is one thing that the women and men of the late 20th century who have an awareness and enjoyment of history can be sure of, it is that Islam was not sent from Heaven to foster egotism and mediocrity.
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As educators and policy makers, it is important to demonstrate for parents the connection between high levels of student participation in assessment and system accountability - ensuring the success of every student.
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Lyndon Johnson, his 44-state landslide in 1964 and Great Society notwithstanding, was by 1968 a failed president being repudiated in the primaries of his own party.
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The truth sustains me.
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My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.
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Seeing is no longer believing. The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated with images, we are finally learning that photographs do indeed lie.
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Each goodly thing is hardest to begin.
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The world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.
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Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem. If I don't love something, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it.
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From 1994 to 1997, I did nothing. I slept and slept and slept. If I was awake, I had to deal with things, I had to do things. In order to avoid that, I would just stay in bed.
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Martin's the songwriter, Alan's the good musician, Dave's the vocalist... and I bum around.
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The fact is that the two years or so after 9/11 were a terrible time in America – a time of political exploitation and intimidation, culminating in the deliberate misleading of the nation into the invasion of Iraq. It’s probably worth pointing out that I’m not saying anything now that I wasn’t saying in real time back then, when Bush had a sky-high approval rating and any criticism was denounced as treason. And there’s nothing I’ve done in my life of which I’m more proud.
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That's the problem with soaps, of course. The stories never end. They can go on and on and on.
