Annaleigh Ashford Quotes
If you've ever been to a great clown show, there's always a moment where the clown goes into the house and fuses with the audience. There's something fantastic about the improv of it all.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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Who would set a limit to the mind of man? Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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Banking gives you a glimpse into what makes companies succeed and what makes companies fail.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much.
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'Prison Notebooks' gives me a basic understanding of how power can influence people through cultural products and intellectual groups, so they will voluntarily support the hegemony.
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I've never pursued a role. I always hear stories about actors going after parts and I'm, like, 'How do they do that?' It seems so weird. It seems like a total myth or something.
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I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories; art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you are not creating; you are lecturing.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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You can have anything you want, but not everything. If it was really important to spend an afternoon at my daughter's school, I had to think, how was I going to organize my life to do that? How could I become more efficient? I always tried to put my priorities on the table, personal and professional, and work around them.
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There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.
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I am a fan of the Coen brothers. I'm not a fanatic. I'm a big admirer. They create unique worlds, and there is a real atmosphere to their films. Not everyone can get that. That's a massive part of their appeal: you can recognise them. Like all the great directors or artists, you know it when you see it.
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But here's the thing: I had this great job, and I would still feel terribly depressed. I would just be like, 'This isn't the sweet spot. I thought this would be it, and I don't feel happy.'
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I placed my new novel, 'The Book of Lost Fragrances', in Paris, knowing it would be a challenge. But the book belonged in the city that is one of the greatest perfume capitals of the world and has been since for more than three centuries.
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I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married.
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I will miss the association with the players and coaches. It has been a great ride.
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If you've ever been to a great clown show, there's always a moment where the clown goes into the house and fuses with the audience. There's something fantastic about the improv of it all.
