Anna Held Quotes
Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy.
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I can't be disappointed with my first gold in a senior championship, and to score 5000 points, which only one other woman, the world record holder, has got over, I am satisfied.
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I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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I don't start with a list of historical scenes that I want to include in the book. At a certain point, the narrative totally takes over, and everything that I include I can only incorporate if it answers to the internal terms of the novel.
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I'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to do the typical sitcom-type humor. I'd want to do stuff like go bowling with pineapples.
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An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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I left home at 17 and I've been on the road ever since.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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Being in a studio is quite a creative and energetic process.
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It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art.
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Every actor has to deal with what's on his plate, and I try to deal with doing the best work possible with the most challenging scripts. I don't base it on whether it's a feature film or a TV-movie or cable.
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Gee, I certainly hope I'm not a scary person in real life. It's not like people run from me when they see me. People are usually pretty nice when they meet me. If they're scared, they keep their shuddering to themselves.
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Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.
