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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I'm a good guy. I love playing bad guys, but good guys that have a good thing going on, I like that, too. I don't like passive good guys.
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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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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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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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Personally, fame never really played any part in our family life.
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Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it is a principle even of piety; but wonder which ends in wonder, and is satisfied with wonder, is the quality of an idiot.
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Thirty, 40 years ago, more than that now, even, the cook was certainly at the bottom of the social scale. And any mother would've wanted their child to marry a doctor, a lawyer, an architect, not a cook. Now, we are genius, it's different.
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I've made a bit of a career taking daunting projects out of Lego. I've done things like a dinosaur skeleton and stuff like that.
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I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.
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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.
