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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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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I think I felt at some point that I couldn't understand poetry or that it was beyond me or it didn't speak to my experience. I think that was because I hadn't yet found the right poems to invite me in.
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Defending is mostly about focus.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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When you talk about God, the first thing that comes along is not love, it's fear. You have to fear, and be in awe. You have to be scared. Any religion, it's like first thing.
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Your confidence is destroyed when you find out you can't trust people.
