Ann-Marie MacDonald Quotes
I grew up in a family where the love of stories is very strong. And there's also a love of performance. I think one reason stories were so important in my family was that we moved around a lot.
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There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
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In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high.
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The ox suffers, the cart complains.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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Beauty products always cheer me up and give me hope. If it makes you feel pretty, why not?
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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Some people think they should go to Heaven but not have to die to get there. Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.
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I once went on the most grueling radio tour. Living in hotel rooms, sleeping in the backs of rental cars as my mom drove to three different cities in one day.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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If you are a great news organization, you can't have the best obtainable version of the truth if your vision and your scale is reduced to a fraction of its former self.
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I don't think my parents would have let me go straight into acting full time when I was 12. I do like to have balance, naturally, as an individual.
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Let us draw upon Content for the deficiencies of fortune.
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My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you're a kid, you want to be just like your dad.
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The entire time I was up shooting 'Suits,' I was running back to my trailer to help get 'Nine Circles' produced. It's a no-brainer for me to keep that part of life alive.
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If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.
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I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world.
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I grew up in a family where the love of stories is very strong. And there's also a love of performance. I think one reason stories were so important in my family was that we moved around a lot.
