Anna Faris Quotes
You know, right now, they say - I don't know who says this, but somebody told me - there's three male roles to every female role. And I guess I'd work on evening that up. Making great roles for women. It's just such a huge challenge.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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When I was maybe 22, 23 years old or so, I was sort of floating in between New Japan, Ring of Honor, TNA - not really committed to one place.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
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Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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Nitric oxide was known for destroying things.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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I went to this one in Ohio, and then I became a counselor there, and it was just the most fun thing. I was so depressed when I came home from camp.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity.
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I wouldn't trade a thing. Even the troubles that I had. I have become the husband and mate to my wife that I have because of what I went through, including the bad times. I wouldn't trade that.
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I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
Death smells like homemade apple sauce as it cooks on the stove. It is not the strangling sense of illness. It is not fear. It is freedom.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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Ours was a very progressive Protestant family, but my parents were God-loving rather than God-fearing. We went to church, and I still go with my mum and dad when I return home - it's a family thing. I played flute in my dad's marching band, but I had an integrated upbringing. We had a lot of Catholic friends.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.
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As an actor, there is always an opportunity to learn from the other actors you work with.
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I've never done this from a standpoint of, 'I want to be famous.' I sing because I love singing. I perform because I love performing.
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For someone to say I am overweight is completely ridiculous.
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You know, right now, they say - I don't know who says this, but somebody told me - there's three male roles to every female role. And I guess I'd work on evening that up. Making great roles for women. It's just such a huge challenge.
