Anne Reid Quotes
My father fought in the war, and then he was posted all 'round the world with his job. So I didn't know him very well when I was young.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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One of my strengths is connecting with the players.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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Well I like everything but my first love has always been piano because when I started out there was a piano in my house and it was there so I just started tinkling on it really so it's always been my first love.
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It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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Now, product placement, whichever way you look at it, whether you like it or you think it's disgusting, or whatever, it's what it is.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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I'm half-Armenian. Even though my grandparents did not discuss the genocide, and my father - like many sons and daughters of immigrants - wanted to be as 'American' as possible, I was always aware of it. How could I not be?
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I love surprising people with a present or a gift or a stage performance or anything.
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I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation. With very few exceptions, it can't be this one-way, 'Here I am on the mountaintop preaching to all of you great unwashed readers in hopes of saving you.' It doesn't work that way.
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Perhaps it has been too uncomfortable for those with vested interests to acknowledge, but we have spent the best part of the past century enthusiastically testing the world to utter destruction; not looking closely enough at the long-term impact our actions will have.
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My father fought in the war, and then he was posted all 'round the world with his job. So I didn't know him very well when I was young.
