Anna Friel Quotes
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I was devastated when I got the review for my first book. The book came out a couple years before the women's movement broke through, and people were putting it down, asking, 'Why does the woman in this book need to get a divorce? Why can't she just shut up and be happy?'
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By patting somebody on the back, a boy or a girl, a professional dancer, male, female, it really makes people feel good and I know it certainly made me feel good.
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Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.
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Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows the district governor, and it's okay.
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Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
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I'm not a great writer.
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I love receiving fan mail.
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The social risks that worry us are not a random bundle of frights.
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Design, if it is to be ecologically responsible and socially responsive, must be revolutionary and radical.
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I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.
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When I can control my own show, I want the price to be affordable so fans can actually see me. It's a challenge because I have to do a lot of navigating to make the production stellar but do it on a realistic budget.
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Numerous have been the manifestations of God's providence in sustaining us. In the gloomy period of adversity, we have had 'our cloud by day and pillar of fire by night.' We have been reduced to distress, and the arm of Omnipotence has raised us up.
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I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
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It's like some weird excuse for high school kids to vomit. It's not good. It's stupid. I'm sure that's not what St. Patrick's Day is supposed to be about, but who knows.
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For kids it's natural to be competitive.
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Even though my parents separated, my mother was in love with my father and never re-married.
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Before you take anything away, you must have something better to put in its place.
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I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells.
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Build a dream and the dream will build you.
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Don't try to change Doofus, let Doofus change you.
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I'm not saying I don't enjoy the days that I'm not eating chocolate cake. But I do particularly like those days when I am eating chocolate cake.
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Onstage, there's no hiding; you either can or can't act. There's no second take.
