Ann Packer Quotes
I write pretty much when I can. I used to be very particular about needing certain conditions for writing, but when I had children, I discovered that I was a lot more flexible than I thought.
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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If we don't end war, war will end us.
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Unlike the Marxists, I have no mind block against the U.S.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
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I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
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We are all the products of our own thoughts. Whatever we concentrate upon, that we are.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
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I will not say anything about my father. Period. I don't have a dad.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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The means that make one qualified for enquiry are meditation, yoga, etc. One should gain proficiency in these through graded practice and thus secure a stream of mental modes that is natural and helpful.
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I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.
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Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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If I spend time at the front of the process worrying about connecting themes, then I won't write the best songs.
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No one's dream job involves a kiosk.
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I think I was probably able to flip characters in my head as if I was playing different roles in order to write the different people because you kind of have to be one person, and inhabit him and write from his voice and be her and write her voice. So I think that helped.
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The defects of the children mirror the defects of the parents.
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Operating under the conscious capitalism model will show that businesses are the true value creators that can push all of humanity upward for continuous improvement.
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I write pretty much when I can. I used to be very particular about needing certain conditions for writing, but when I had children, I discovered that I was a lot more flexible than I thought.
