Amy Adams Quotes
Once I moved to L.A., there was a dark moment of trying to keep up with the girls I thought were pretty. Until I realised that's the stupidest thing you can do because people are so pretty in L.A.!
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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
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There's a generation of people who've made their own money and are among the most generous people you would ever meet.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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I have always loathed working out.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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This result was confirmed by different researchers using various experimental arrangements.
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I have such a simple process - it takes me, like, ten minutes to get ready.
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If you design communities for automobiles, you get more automobiles. If you design them for people, you get walkable, livable communities.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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I was writing my Ph.D. in the late 1980s and was keeping an eye on what was happening in the world. It became obvious to me that Russia couldn't live without computers. I think I worked this out a year before anyone else. I started looking for people who could help import them.
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Once I moved to L.A., there was a dark moment of trying to keep up with the girls I thought were pretty. Until I realised that's the stupidest thing you can do because people are so pretty in L.A.!
