Ann Dowd Quotes
My father, John, ran the Dowd Insurance Co. in town, which was started by his great-grandfather. My mother, Dolores, was a homemaker who kept an eye on all of us.
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I hate competition.
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I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.
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I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.
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If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!
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We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work.
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Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you beautiful.
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When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.
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My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.
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There are those people that eat to live and those that live to eat. I am of the latter, as many of you already know. To me, eating is an adventure.
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The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.
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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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I can't avoid the interest in the fact that I'm an injured female soldier.
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It's a 360-degree sound experience. Like you're in the middle of the band. A lot of people have the technology to play the format, so why not put it out there. It sounds great.
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We are in a bit of a policy box and it's going to require us being willing to give up one of the two, which is it's okay to take on more deficits but lets put in some massive spending. Alternatively to say, 'we're going to go through structural unemployment for a while because we want to address deficits.'
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For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the nation itself. Professional soldiers took upon themselves the job of defending national interests, and it was understood that the war affected only them; the country itself went on living and working.
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Bullies always have another target.
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Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
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I'm so tired of men who are afraid to hurt women's feelings.
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The only thing I hope I did was never put in question my love for the game, or my passion to be counted on when it mattered most.
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I want to be remembered as a great performer.
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Age is a terrible avenger. The lessons of life give you so much to work with, but by the time you've got all this great wisdom, you don't get to be young anymore.
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My father, John, ran the Dowd Insurance Co. in town, which was started by his great-grandfather. My mother, Dolores, was a homemaker who kept an eye on all of us.
