Ann-Marie MacDonald Quotes
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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You go down South, and they're quirky; they have culture, and it's not uniformly true of our country. Our country has gotten a little blanded out, big sections of it. Even if you disagree with the politics, you have to appreciate the cuisine, the music, the literature.
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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
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I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'
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I remember doing one of those computer careers tests. It told me I'd make an ideal HGV lorry driver because I've got 100 per cent spatial awareness. I'd be able to back them into tight parking spots.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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I believe that there may be intelligent life on other planets.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
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Glamour is fun! Spending time to get ready isn't about being fussy; it's about taking care of myself.
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011 was an immense tragedy that sparked a global response. The international community came forward with aid to the victims and came together to address the broader concerns about nuclear security and safety.
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I really think that effective acting has to do literally with the movement of molecules.
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If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.
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Invest in people who will take care of you when you're old.
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The only way you can have a job and sleep at work whenever you want is when you own the company.
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You can tell a lot about a person by the people who work for them.
