Ann Hood Quotes
My cousins and I used to play Beatle wives. We all wanted to be married to Paul, but John was O.K. too. None of us wanted Ringo. Or even worse, George.
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The very fact that women now form about one-fifth of the employes in manufacture and commerce in this country has opened a vast field of industrial legislation directly affecting women as wage-earners.
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I respect all women who came before me to blaze trails into the workplace for us.
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When I look at my body, I'm like, 'I'm a lead of a TV show?' To have a man in the business say, 'Come along just as you are,' is really an incredible thing.
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You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.
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Oh, did I tell you I have a cookbook? I have a cookbook deal.
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I start writing with only the vaguest idea about who my characters are and what is going to happen, and the characters and plot come into existence as I go. I've tried doing it the other way, but for me, outlining is a waste of time because I never follow the outline.
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When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier.
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We adore babies because they're so cute. And, of course, we are amused by jokes because they are funny. This is all backwards. It is. And Darwin shows us why.
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We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what you would think of in Beach House. It's all art in the end. We aren't making records because we have to; it's because it's what we want to express.
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Acting changed my life. I say God and then acting. Because becoming an actor, I've gained a new respect for humanity. And I believe that it's also helped me to grow as a person. It's been one of the biggest blessings and expressions that I could have ever been gifted with.
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In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that at a party or alone in your room it will always be difficult to guess at the long term worth of anything.
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If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's great. You should be praised for having opened the debate and having asked the right questions.
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When I close my eyes to draw I always think Chicago in 1975.
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I believe the world to be a muffin pan, and there certainly are a lot of muffins here.
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I was a very unique child.
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I am afraid of privilege, of ease, of entitlement.
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I've done a lot of TV, but not film.
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I'm a very anxious person, and it's hard for me to be in the moment. Improv demands that you be in the moment.
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Our feature film, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Two,' has a built-in fan base from the original film.
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I should have died in ambushes a hundred times.
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I know what is around the corner - I just don't know where the corner is.
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The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.
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I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting.
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My cousins and I used to play Beatle wives. We all wanted to be married to Paul, but John was O.K. too. None of us wanted Ringo. Or even worse, George.
