Anne-Marie Duff Quotes
As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.
Quotes to Explore
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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We expect President Bush to implement his own vision of a two-state solution, the birth of the Palestinian State and the ending of the occupation that started in 1967.
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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I would think about the outcome. Visualize sometimes. Because it never comes out the way you want it to. Fight the way I know how to fight. Whatever comes up, comes up.
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There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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Any powerful technology can be abused.
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I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories; art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you are not creating; you are lecturing.
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The laws of the marketplace are physical laws, and they don't become suspended in a crisis any more than the law of gravity does.
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AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.
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I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.
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The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine.
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When computer systems cause errors, you can end up with The Dreaded NIGO - the 'not in good order' transaction.
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You can't hire someone to practice for you.
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I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.
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In lean times, you get plenty of sleep, and you're not flying around everywhere.
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Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying.
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I look forward to the day when there are more women politicians accepted in their own right and not as 'women politicians.'
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We're not curing cancer, people. I wish we were, but we're not. It's entertainment.
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Christmas can have a real melancholy aspect, 'cause it packages itself as this idea of perfect family cohesion and love, and you're always going to come up short when you measure your personal life against the idealized personal lives that are constantly thrust in our faces, primarily by TV commercials.
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I play the way I do because it allows me to come up with the sickest sounds possible. That's the point now isn't it?
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As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.
