Anne Sweeney Quotes
To have influence, you really don't need to have power. But what you need more than anything else is to have that almost uncanny understanding of what matters to people.

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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.
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I don't want to be the type of person to have my relationships plastered in magazines.
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I was supposed to go see Led Zeppelin when I was in, like, the 8th or 9th grade, and then John Bonham died and I never was able to. For me, music is such a huge part of my life, and I use songs like memory triggers. So a lot of my memories of being a kid and growing up are associated with different songs.
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I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful.
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I just can't read music.
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I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life.
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Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
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Anything that I can do with Jennie Garth, I would love to do it. I really like her. I got along with her really well, and I enjoyed her perspective on life. I think she's really talented and very, very funny.
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I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.
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I love being a mother. My children fill me up in many ways, and inspire me in many ways, but I need a partner in my life, and I think most people feel that way.
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If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.
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It's not in baseball's interest or the players' interest to be taking this stance. It's the people's game.
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I'd love to be the female Kanye. I think he's so cool and effortless.
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Even today, when the Obama administration has liberalized travel to Cuba - and failed to reverse that liberalization when Alan Gross was imprisoned - there are limits.
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'Lost Girl' has just proven to be one of those shows that people enjoy watching. It has an alchemy about it. It's an escape or a release for people, and that's the best we can hope for.
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'Mandie and the Secret Tunnel' - the book and now the movie - pits a very young woman against forces she cannot control and events she cannot possibly know about. She's in way over her head, and you're pulling for her from the opening scene.
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Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.
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To have influence, you really don't need to have power. But what you need more than anything else is to have that almost uncanny understanding of what matters to people.