Anna Held Quotes
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Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.
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I focus on the elements of a movie that are meant to invisibly affect me as a viewer. The edges. As an author, I'm aware of how the subconscious things can pluck at a reader's emotions, and I love it when filmmakers do the same.
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The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddha's atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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Around my house, I won't even speak to my family unless they first address me by my official Berzerker name, Godred Crovan, Victor of Sky-Hill and Ruler of Man and the Isles. And now that I think of it, that's probably why nobody speaks to me unless it's time to feed the dogs or take out the garbage.
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I went from being an ailing child to a public enemy.
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I love looking through magazines, and you know, I love getting dressed up to go to events and stuff.
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I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
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The whole brunt of the media and the government is to encourage people to be highly competitive and totally selfish and uncaring of others.
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I think I'm unique to the game 'cause of my versatility.
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You only do good work when you're taking risks and pushing yourself.
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Making distinctions is part of learning. So is making mistakes.
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We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
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A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves down, because it is sort of a boy's club. I'll go up in my heels. I like that people don't think I'll be funny. I'll take that on. I don't do standup comedy - I do standup and I do comedy, but I don't go up there and do jokes.
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Falling down became second nature and it really didn't bother me.
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Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think.
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What has to do with your ability to fall asleep is not caffeine. It's having a clean conscience. I have a clean conscience so I can drink all the caffeine I want.
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If people are paying money to see me, then I want them to walk away from the show knowing they had a really great time. I want it to be very energetic and to have fun, sad, emotional and uplifting moments. I want it to have everything!
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Now, now, you aren't afraid of monsters in the dark, are you?" I caught a flash of her eyes, winking wickedly at me. "No," I said, shivering. After all, I was one of them.
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Whatever your condition, you can be happy if you have the right attitude.
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African American women, and moms in particular, are evicted at disproportionately high rates.
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I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.
