Andrea Barrett Quotes
I read a lot, very passionately, from the time I was very young, but it was a constant battle; my mother would more or less let me be, but with my father, I was always searching for a place where he wouldn't find me. Whenever he saw me reading, he would tell me to put the book down and go outside, act like a normal person.
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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
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Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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I am healthy and happy.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?
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The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.
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I never said I wanted to be a lead actress; I never said I wanted to be a film actress. This need to trump everyone bewilders me. I'm only 25. I'm not better than anyone. I just want to watch other people and learn to be good.
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Governments getting involved in sports activities would ultimately damage sports.
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Every country has the right to determine its own laws. And India can't afford monopolies.
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Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, suffering yet hoping all things.
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I've always had rock star envy. Unfortunately, writing is a pedestrian, tame occupation done while sitting in coffee-stained pajamas in front of a computer rather than prowling around a huge stage in sweaty leather pants, so I have to get my kicks vicariously.
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You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.
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I don't like to feel like I'm in a club when I'm in my car and I turn on the radio. Anything that ceases to be a song and just sounds like house music kind of stresses me out.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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'Floating Worlds,' which received a fair amount of attention when it was first published, deserves rediscovery.
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At first I wanted to go to university, but I really didn't dare to. I was too self-conscious, being a working-class kid. It was really difficult. I was going to study history, but the professor asked me some questions I didn't understand, and I didn't dare to ask what they meant. I left university and went to work in the Post.
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I'm still ambivalent about Hollywood. I think that's why I made 'Star 80.' To deal with the ambivalence. I really wanted to succeed Gene Kelly, and I thought it was a fair bet.
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On Saturday mornings, because I'm surfing a lot for the part in 'John From Cincinnati,' I'll get up about 5:30 A.M .and go to Malibu and surf. There's something very therapeutic and healing about it.
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I read a lot, very passionately, from the time I was very young, but it was a constant battle; my mother would more or less let me be, but with my father, I was always searching for a place where he wouldn't find me. Whenever he saw me reading, he would tell me to put the book down and go outside, act like a normal person.
