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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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'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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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 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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Isolation is a dream killer.
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I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.
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As a former teacher and someone who has devoted her entire career to children and public schools, I understand the pain and frustration of parents who feel their children are not receiving the education they deserve.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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We always hear from newspapers that while people understand the environmental challenge, they are unwilling to stomach the solutions. The trouble is, we only ever hear about the solutions from the media, and for whatever reason, they are almost always caricatured beyond recognition. If there's no appetite for green, it's not surprising.
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When you're growing up, you realize you've got a lot of heavy things on your shoulders.
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Because the traditional mode of dress for Muslim women is so distinct - the headcovering, which is not there for guys - women carry a greater burden of representation than Muslim men do in non-Muslim societies.
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I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist and plan their play dates and buy their clothes.
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I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.
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Death ends a life, not a relationship.
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Many are called but few get up.
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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.
