Ann Cotton Quotes
The culture of philanthropy is alive and very well in Africa. International aid strengthens and extends it, but in the communities where I have spent time, it is all-pervasive.
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Architecture must not do violence to space or its neighbors.
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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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Discipline is not a nasty word.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
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This is something that I witnessed out on the campaign trail for three years, which is that there is a total disconnect between the rhetoric regarding immigration and the reality. And I'm speaking as a border state.
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Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.
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The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
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I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
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A movie will do in one second, with one image, what it will take a novelist at least a page to describe.
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It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.
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I don't think you can mix classical music and reggae. It's not possible. But some producer in, like, Norway is going to put it together.
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Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 and 17.
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I always have said that the most valuable thing I have isn't money; it's my time.
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The culture of philanthropy is alive and very well in Africa. International aid strengthens and extends it, but in the communities where I have spent time, it is all-pervasive.
