Andie MacDowell Quotes

I love 'Forrest Gump;' I like sweet, cheery, happy movies. But it has some dark moments too.

Andie MacDowell

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• During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.

  

  Calamity Jane
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Town

• When I was sixteen years old, I was sentenced to two years in prison; the Swedish government changed it, so I could go to a boarding school as part of a social programme. I was in this boarding school with some of the richest kids in Sweden.

  

  Daniel Espinosa
  • School
  • Kids
  • Government

• I think that boy bands as a whole are really coming back.

  

  Carlos Pena, Jr.
  • Think
  • Boy
  • Back

• I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.

  

  Gary Carr
  • Life
  • World
  • Great

• Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.

  

  Ed Oxenbould
  • Acting
  • Living
  • Creating

• The reason I want to show shocking things is that they always pose an ethical question.

  

  Park Chan-wook
  • Want
  • Question
  • Show

• India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Value
  • Healthy
  • System

• I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Mother
  • Sad
  • Cancer

• What matters most is the win.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Win
  • Most
  • Matters

• 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.

  

  Gary McCord
  • Eye
  • End
  • Short

• I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Life
  • Why
  • Society

• Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Imagination
  • Happiness

• The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Work
  • Always
  • Hard Work

• One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.

  

  Earl Monroe
  • Many
  • Other
  • Edison

• My daughter, Lily Caitlin, means the most to me in the world.

  

  Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
  • World
  • Me
  • Daughter

• In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.

  

  Adam Peaty
  • Amount
  • Massive
  • Genetics

• I do find that it's easier to get Latino-themed movies... but I don't think there's that stigma anymore. I think that what's harder is to be a woman, not to be a Latina.

  

  Patricia Riggen
  • Woman
  • Movies
  • Find

• I went into science, ending up with a Ph.D. in cell biology, but along the way I found out that experimental science involves many hours and days and nights of laboratory work, which is a lot like washing dishes, only a little more challenging. I was too impatient, and maybe a little too sloppy, for it.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Up
  • Work
  • Science

• I never understood using Kickstarter for commercial purposes. If you want to raise money for commercial purposes, I think you should give someone a dividend. They make money, then you make money. It should be an investment, whereas I think Kickstarter's true purpose is raising money for things that are in and of themselves justifying.

  

  Kurt Braunohler
  • Money
  • True
  • Purpose

• Winning a major, that's what everybody wants to do, and I worked my whole life to do it. And to realize that, it's incredible.

  

  Jimmy Walker
  • Life
  • Winning

• I wasn't happy with my performance at the World Championships in Daegu. I had an unbelievable race in the heats, but misjudged the semi and finished last.

  

  Oscar Pistorius
  • World
  • Happy
  • Performance

• I happen to be a pessimist, and maybe that's a good thing because I don't stop to smell the roses - which is not a good personal thing. I don't stop and enjoy those moments. Always on to the next and never in the moment.

  

  Nicki Minaj
  • Good
  • Stop
  • Moments

• Elegance means appreciating things as they are. There is a sense of delight and of fearlessness. You are not fearful of dark corners.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
  • Dark
  • Elegance
  • Corners

• I love 'Forrest Gump;' I like sweet, cheery, happy movies. But it has some dark moments too.

  

  Andie MacDowell
  • Happy
  • Moments
  • Dark