Ann Beattie Quotes
It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.
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Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.
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You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.
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I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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Excellence always sells.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.
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I can't say I follow it, but I've watched 'Downton Abbey' a couple of times and loved it.
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The tax incentives in place for 'House of Cards' in Maryland have resulted in hundreds and hundreds of jobs and not just for actors, but for carpenters and waitresses and hotel workers. The amount of hotel nights and meals that the production of a television series brings to a state is staggering.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.
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Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.
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I wanted to retire after I played for the Mets. My family said wait one year, that there was no need to rush it. I gave it a year and now it's time to say goodbye.
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I've loved car racing all my life. I watch NASCAR regularly, and drag racing because we have Raceway Park in New Jersey. I think I got it from my father.
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What you wish to others, God wishes to you.
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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
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It is sad that the Republican leadership is not as interested as they say they are in protecting the institution of marriage as they are in waging a campaign to divide and distract the American people from the real issues that need to be addressed.
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When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions become necessary, when they aren't camp, that, to me, is magic. I've done musical comedies and enjoyed them, but subject matter that's deeper and more realistic is always what's appealed to me most.
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Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't know how to deal with them in real life.
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The Japanese say, If the flower is to be beautiful, it must be cultivated.
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It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.
