Ann Beattie Quotes
I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way of clarification is ever going to eradicate the mistakes.
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The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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Pregnancy is a very creative phase for me.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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I don't look like a model, but you have to work with what you got.
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Who would set a limit to the mind of man? Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.
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I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.
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With 'posts' running in the millions, Internet message boards have become an essential part of the savvy investor's arsenal.
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There's plenty of people who've never gotten the opportunity to wrestle at WrestleMania. To perform there and do that, I never thought it would ever happen. I had learned to live with it. So to say I did, that is a big notch in my belt.
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They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I get a great high from writing.
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For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.
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Don't confuse honours with achievement.
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I can say exactly what I feel about any issue, and I'm going to do that.
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Speaking our language, you will understand us-and if you can think as another man thinks, you cannot dislike him.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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Once I have a hook I think has potential - enough to spin out more than a hundred thousand words, then I start turning my attention to characters. Who are these people? Why did this thing happen to them? But the hook always comes first.
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I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way of clarification is ever going to eradicate the mistakes.
