Ann Dowd Quotes
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I went to Catholic high school for half a year and religion wasn't the cool thing to talk about even at a catholic high school. It never came up.
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When I was a kid growing up, I always thought I would be a journalist, and I thought, you know, I'd cover stories about other people, and we're always taught never to make the story about yourself.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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When you play on a team, you learn that there will always be five guys you like, a bunch of guys who are OK, and five you despise. The trick to getting along in any system is not to worry about the five you despise.
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Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here.
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Mark Twain cannot be defined.
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So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do to be the last thing I do.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.
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Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.
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No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do.
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My interest in astronomy grew from the play 'Space' that I did, where I had to learn where my character was from. I had to study the stars and figure where everything was and how I got here and all of those things.
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We're a phenomenally snobby society, and it's such a rich seam. The middle class is so funny: it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.
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The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.
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I do like alternative rock and rap, but as far as inspirational, then I go full-on orchestra. It fills up your entire being.
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On one hand, it seems like I've waited a long time for this.
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I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person.
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One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.
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I think as a director you have to make it your own. It'd be a mistake to approach a project with the idea of 'I'm going to do this the way I think somebody else would,' because then you'd never be clear on your idea.
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We're used to the characteristics of social media - participation, connection, instant gratification - and when school doesn't offer the same, it's easy to tune out.
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Father's Day was great, but all the family gatherings brought up my mother's death. Maybe it's me, because I am a wimp. We would get together, but there was someone missing!
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I definitely don't like anyone messing with my friends or loved ones. I'm quick to step up to the plate if there's a problem.
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I think the theater is where you stand up, and you say, 'Here is what I have to offer.'
