Ann Bancroft Quotes
This journey is not over. Our education initiatives have so much momentum, and we're committed to sharing even more stories from the Arctic when we return.
Quotes to Explore
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I hadn't watched any Hitchcock movies when I made 'Tom at the Farm,' except for 'Vertigo' when I was 8 years old. I don't have a sophisticated film knowledge, but I have seen the legacy of classic movies in broader entertainment.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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Since 1987, when I got my first one, I've been wearing a clock around my neck 24/7. You feel me? 24/7.
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I always thought those World War II films with German people speaking English with German accents was weird.
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Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting.
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The starting point of all achievement is desire.
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I'm not a straight man, but I play one on television.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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There's a really easy way of just kind of wearing make-up but looking like there's nothing on your face... I'm still not very good at it, and I'm learning slowly.
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I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.
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When I was a young girl, I was so crazy about animals that I wanted to do something associated with them, and I thought of being a vet. But then again, I figured I had to go to medical school, and science wasn't a good subject for me, so I dropped the idea pretty soon and thought maybe I could be a vet's assistant.
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Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst.
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I've been pretty lucky. Every single thing I've done has meant so much to me and has been like a stepping stone to something different.
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The woods decay, the woods decay and fall.
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Moral education is the development of individuality, and individuality can not be developed by formulas and mechanical processes: it is the work of the master who brings to his task a genuine and loving interest in the individual.
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Never judge a journey by the distance.
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All of my films have been very dialogue-heavy, and that's great. It always makes it more of a challenge to market in other countries.
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This journey is not over. Our education initiatives have so much momentum, and we're committed to sharing even more stories from the Arctic when we return.
