Ann Bancroft Quotes
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There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.
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I've always enjoyed the teen angst thing. I had a lot of teen angst as I was growing up, so I think I have a lot to say about it through characters before I have to move on.
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Working with Angela Bassett is by far the best. I've watched and admired her for years. I'm very intrigued by her work. She's so cool. I still call her 'Mom' when I see her.
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The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
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My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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If the girl is good looking and talented, and for some reason the film doesn't work, she gets a second chance. But if subsequent films don't work, she gets branded as an 'iron leg.' The whole thing gets negative.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.
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I was known for singing romantic songs to women, but I can also be that guy talking about why you can't be the only girl for me.
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No man may make another free.
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I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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Ripley is married. And he's not lost. He has his feet on the ground.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be this tumultuous applause, so, you know, I have the feeling well, it can't be all that bad.
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As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.
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I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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Embrace your weirdness!
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I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago.
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I wasn't the most technical player. But I was fast, and if I push the ball past a player, I can get there. Everyone always made fun of me in a good way for that.
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It's a part of most actors to want to be in an animated feature; to extend the legacy of your career.
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Using a gun is a coward's way to hurt someone.
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When I recall my teachers at school, I realise that half of them were abnormal. . . . We pupils of old Austria were brought up to respect old people and women. But on our professors we had no mercy; they were our natural enemies. The majority of them were somewhat mentally deranged, and quite a few ended their days as honest-to-God lunatics! . . . I was in particular bad odor with the teachers. I showed not the slightest aptitude for foreign languages - though I might have, had not the teacher been a congenital idiot. I could not bear the sight of him.
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Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.
