Amy Adams Quotes
I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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Acting is in your soul.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I'm excited about it. It's like making new friends.
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I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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My favourite place to eat is my grandma's kitchen. She makes a mean crab cake.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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I've been in some bad TV shows and suffered through so much poor writing.
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Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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Even Karaoke needs higher standards than I can reach, so I have gone great lengths to avoid being bullied into it.
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I take pride in my craft, and I work extremely hard.
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I'm not that good looking.
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No bad man can be a good poet.
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Most of my important lessons about life have come from recognizing how others from a different culture view things.
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That's what you feel as an athlete. Pretty much our job is to make the impossible happen every day. It's like magic, you know. I like that.
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I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.
