Ann Maxwell Quotes
When we moved to Laguna Niguel, there was one four-way stop sign between the freeway and PCH.
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Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes.
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I am just so thankful that my mom was a fantastic mom. She wasn't a stage mother; she didn't push me. She was happy if I was happy. We are so different. I was very shy; my mom did all the talking. She was my strength. She never expected that I would be this ballerina.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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I remember the great atmosphere and the great stadium.
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I'm very aware that after you've played Cleopatra, there's not a lot that can top that in this sphere, so it means that I want to almost change the sphere I work in rather completely because I will always be comparing it to Cleopatra.
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The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.
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Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving is with the jab of a stick or the promise of a carrot. But if you look at over 50 years of research on motivation, or simply scrutinize your own behavior, it's pretty clear human beings are more complicated than that.
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It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you.
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I don't eat any red meat.
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When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating.
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I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.
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I had a terrible bout of acne after I turned 30.
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I have two children. They're grown children. I don't think they particularly enjoy it when I'm in a dangerous situation, but they also understand that this is something I feel strongly about. It's what I've done my whole life.
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The real problem is that programmers have spent far too much time worrying about efficiency in the wrong places and at the wrong times; premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming.
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Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel.
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I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront.
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When we moved to Laguna Niguel, there was one four-way stop sign between the freeway and PCH.
