Ann Turner Quotes
The values transmitted through oral history are many - courage, selflessness, the ability to endure, and to do so with humor and grace. I got those values listening to my dad's stories about the Depression and how their family survived. It gave me courage that I, too, could survive hard times.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
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The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.
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There are a lot of mindless moments in my tunes.
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I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
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The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.
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Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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I've always looked at filmmaking as a lifestyle. There is no decision of when you go to work. It's a way of life: you're thinking about scripts; you see things and think, 'That could be interesting'... I don't think about my work as, 'Today I'll work on this, this and that.' It just comes to me.
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I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connected to him.
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When I was playing for the reserves, if you got a call-up you got a straight £30. I'd never been paid for football!
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There's more to me than football. It's just part of my life.
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Admiration takes on a whole new level when you appreciate just how complex it is to run a modern business.
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It's difficult when your family are not physically around you.
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I'm a Yente and I have a terrible accent.
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The values transmitted through oral history are many - courage, selflessness, the ability to endure, and to do so with humor and grace. I got those values listening to my dad's stories about the Depression and how their family survived. It gave me courage that I, too, could survive hard times.
