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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Party action should follow, not precede the creation of a dominant popular sentiment.
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Music, it requires more than brawn. It requires a lot of heart. You gotta put love in there.
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I mean to say that Congress can hereafter decide whether any states, slave or free, can be framed out of Texas. If they should never be framed out of Texas, they never could be admitted.
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The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It's amazing. A great honor.
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You can better embrace life, you can enjoy it more, when you are conscious that it will end. You bite life.
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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.
