Anne Reid Quotes
I'm enormously proud of being the ancestor of a convict. That's mad, isn't it, but I really am.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.
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Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
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How boring would this world be if everyone was the same?
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For me, the spirit of Christmas means being happy and giving freely. It's a tradition for all the kids in the family to help mom decorate the tree. Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking and making merry.
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My parents taught me everything and set me up for life. I owe to them all the things I'm passionate about: music, art, the people I love, my career and family life, the fact that I have children and the way that I raise them.
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Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist.
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Likings arise when one has no earthly reason for liking - the most wildly improbable marriages and uncommon friendship.
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
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You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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I always try to learn a few words from a new language wherever I go.
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I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.
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Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock.
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Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.
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I have never anticipated success. I choose work, give it my best shot, and leave it.
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Prentice: I'm not mad. It only looks that way.Rance: Your actions today would get the Archbishop of Canterbury declared non-compos.Prentice: I'm not the Archbishop of Canterbury.Rance: That will come at a later stage of your illness.
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There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable.
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I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Shirley Temple, and I didn't ever feel like I could live up to that.
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Tax reform done right will improve incentives to invest in U.S. production and to repatriate profits.
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In Obama's case, we've enabled affirmative action to find a home in the nation's highest office. There you have it. I said it and I stand by it. America fell for the gimmick candidate, disregarding every fact and warning sign in the rush to have 'the first African-American president.'
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I'm enormously proud of being the ancestor of a convict. That's mad, isn't it, but I really am.
