Anne Reid Quotes
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.
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Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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When I look at acting careers that I really admire, I see that it's been a precise decision-making process for these people. They make decisions based on what they love, and they do only the things that they are passionate about. They play only characters that they can't stop thinking about.
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Actors don't have real value.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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Do you know freedom exists in a school bookDid you know madmen are running our prisons Within a jail Within a gaol Within a white free protestant maelstrom We're perched headlong on the edge of boredom We're reaching for death on the end of a candle We're trying for something that's already found us.
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I always see myself as a character actor, but Remington Steele was me. I gave up on trying to be any character. I just put myself as me in this world of Remington Steele and the grand pretender.
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I was a kid watching music videos, which were so cool and made me want to learn how to dance. I wish I could've gone to dance classes and learn, like, hip-hop dancing.
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My restless spirit never could endureTo brood so long upon one luxury,Unless it did, though fearfully, espyA hope beyond the shadow of a dream.
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Your confidence is destroyed when you find out you can't trust people.