Anna Torv Quotes
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Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
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'FlashForward' was on the outs when I was approached with 'Happy Endings.' I literally got the script on a Friday, and on Saturday morning I met with David Caspe, Jamie Tarses, and the Russo brothers. I took the role on that Saturday, and on Monday I was doing a table read. It all happened very fast, but it was super exciting.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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I've never looked at my Facebook page or my website, because I'm fundamentally an amateur.
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As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other instruments out there that tempted me and it was like I had to decide which one. It was automatically fiddle, because it's the predominant instrument in Cape Breton Island.
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We do not have to accept the world as we find it. And we have a responsibility to leave our world a better place and never walk by on the other side of injustice.
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At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.
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If you want to get along, go along.
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Any time you speak to people about their posture, you learn about their most recent investment activity. When someone just bought stocks, they tend to be bullish; someone who just sold is bearish.
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Latin men love Latin women, it is part of the culture, we celebrate women in a very special way and I think that is present in my work. I do it by making them beautiful, sensual.
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I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously.
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The attempts to command the climate and decide about the temperature on our planet are wrong and arrogant. I wrote a book about it which was published in English under the title 'Blue Planet in Green Shackles.'
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I'd rather go after the people who are the guardians or what we're doing - the news people and the politicians and that sort of thing. I always feel like those should be my targets, not really entertainers. That's just my personal opinion.
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My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.
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People say that the paintings are always big because they're striving for effect, but they're also big so that I don't trip over myself, so that I have room to work, and people can come in and be comfortable.
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Education does not necessarily make one wise?
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There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them.
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There's good chances and bad chances, and nobody's luck is pulled only by one string.
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I do this thing at every party: I go to a party, I stand around for, like, 45 minutes, and then I turn to my wife and say, 'I think we should go home.' And then we leave, and then I wake up the next morning and say to my wife, 'We don't go out anymore.' It's a great trick.
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I didn't know much about video games.
