Anne Reid Quotes
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Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.
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The Afro-American is not a bestial race.
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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The mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as much, but that it is worked out with the head and the workman's heart.
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I want to be the best version of myself - intellectually, emotionally, and physically. So I like to wear clothes that I feel comfortable in, that reflect that.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect their interests.
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In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.
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Listen, we're still selling stardom. That doesn't go away because MTV decides they can't play videos or they want to program themselves more as a traditional T.V. station. Vevo and YouTube are like MTV online, and on demand.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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There is simply no room for racial, hurtful language spoken to your colleagues or anyone else.
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I will always be an actress. I couldn't see myself without acting. But I'd love to direct and keep writing. I don't think one has to be in place of the other.
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I feel like a lot of comedians do have that deep, dark thing. I have my stuff, but I don't go to that dark place. Things are just way too good.
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Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
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I think my parents love that I want to do something a little different than what they do.
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I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had.
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A novel is utterly your own creation, a very private process. I think of a novel as a noun and a screenplay as a verb. In a novel, very little needs to happen; you can explore a person's memories and thoughts and fantasies. In a screenplay, it's all action; you must push the story on.
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Those rosy memories we all share are actually memories from our favorite TV shows. We've confused our own childhoods with episodes of "Ozzie and Harriet," "Father Knows Best," and "The Brady Bunch." In real life, Ozzie had a very visible mistress for years, Bud and Kitten on "Father Knows Best" grew up to become major druggies, and Mom on "The Brady Bunch" dated her fifteen-year-old fictional son.
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My mom always told me I could do or be anything I dared to dream, and I always wanted to work in the movie industry.
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Jasmine - it brings back memories of India with my parents.
