Anne Baxter Quotes
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I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground - and to get everybody on the same page - was accomplished by the sheer force of Dave Petraeus' will.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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One rose says more than the dozen.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
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The Obama administration has provided almost no public information about the NSA's compliance record.
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I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
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We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
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I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I really wanted to make 'Everest' visceral, real. One thing that amazed me when I was scouting in base camp is the volume of Everest: It's humbling. I wanted to find a way to bring that to the screen. One way was 3D.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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The first song I wrote was called 'Here I Go Falling In Love' I wrote it in the sixth grade.
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There are many things I'm looking forward to in 2013, both personally and professionally. Plans for new restaurants in the U.S., including Eataly Chicago, are underway, and I'm gearing up for the 2013 Ironman world championships in Hawaii - if I'm lucky enough to get a spot!
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There are three stages of an actor's career. Young, old, and "You look good".
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God doesn't want us to merely sit around dreaming about things we can do and be. That's a good place to start, but a poor place to stop. God wants us to turn our dreams into action.
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To Beatrice-My love flew like a butterfly, Until death swooped down like a bat, As the poet Emma Montana McElroy said: That's the end of that.
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See into life, don't just look at it
