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.
Quotes to Explore
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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 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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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 left home at 17 and I've been on the road ever since.
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My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill.
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I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music, but musicians can play until the day they die. With sports, it's different. You can't always do it until the very end, and that's a hard reality of sports.
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The eyes of the world are fixed on the U.S. to see if we have the political courage and moral sense to solve our debt crisis.
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Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'
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We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
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I never really make solid resolutions. I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen in the New Year.
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I study English literature but my friends are doing psychology and things like that. No one cares about acting there. It's not competitive and it's a nice environment for me.
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I'm content. I want to have better success in the tournaments than I've had, but I know I'm playing well, so I'm happy with that.
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The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go back and forth to work or to school. How can we afford the gas?
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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.
