Andie MacDowell Quotes
I never 'shunned' L.A., like people say. And I do think you can raise children well there, but it's definitely harder.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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The name 'Charmageddon' actually comes from a social technique that I use. Which is, you know, literally obliterating people with charm so that you can get away with saying stuff that no one else could ever get away with, you know?
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.
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I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.
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I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.
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I find it quite boring when people do things that are very considered and thought through. I like things best when they're just done because they're fun or beautiful, or simply because they are what that one person wanted to do at that one time.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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We're more interested in someone writing a really great answer that's going to be read by thousands or tens of thousands of people over the next few years as it stays on Quora and as it gets distributed on the Internet.
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People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.
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I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.
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Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory.
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The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.
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Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.
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When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.
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Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism.
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I think all girls secretly want to be actresses because acting seems so glamorous. But as a child, I was always the villager who had one line in the school play. I was shy and I had a bit of a lisp.
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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I do like to play the darker characters; I don't really know why.
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The majority of mankind would seem to be beguiled into error by pleasure, which, not being really a good, yet seems to be so. So that they indiscriminately choose as good whatsoever gives them pleasure, while they avoid all pain alike as evil.
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Theatre is about people, not buildings. Incalculable damage has been done to the expert talent a company needs - from wardrobe to lighting technicians.
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Winners are born, Champions are made.
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I never 'shunned' L.A., like people say. And I do think you can raise children well there, but it's definitely harder.
