Andrea Barrett Quotes
All my life, books have felt alive; some more so than people, or rather, some people. Alive - this has to do with me, I know, and not the books - in a way that some people aren't. Alive as teachers, alive as minds, alive as imaginative triggers.
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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I can say with a level of confidence that Islam is not a religion of war, only because the majority of Muslims don't subscribe to that perspective, not because there's something inherent in the text that tells me it's a religion of peace.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
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Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.
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If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
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At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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My best friend is my husband.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to.
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I have no guitar technique.
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Happiness and beauty are by-products. Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty.
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She was a blonde nearly young American woman of such dynamism that the tideless waves struggled to get farther up the beach.
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We can be richer than industry as long as we know that there's things that we don't really need
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An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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So many different things make me come alive: performing for people, making people laugh, music and dancing or any kind of physical activity that gets me out of my head and into my body. I'm constantly inspired by my surroundings and people I see that are "killing it."
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All my life, books have felt alive; some more so than people, or rather, some people. Alive - this has to do with me, I know, and not the books - in a way that some people aren't. Alive as teachers, alive as minds, alive as imaginative triggers.
