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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When I was a kid, I liked the newer music that was coming out. I have never really felt confined by any style of music. I would play in bands that were soul bands or that played standards - any kind of music that I enjoyed playing.
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My life in science has been rich and rewarding. I have sacrificed very little.
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You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth.
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I love trying new things.
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The environmental movement's focus on the Keystone XL pipeline issue really used to baffle me.
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See into life, don't just look at it
