Anne-Marie Duff Quotes
I think American drama is at its best when it takes the domestic and makes it epic, like a Greek tragedy in the front room.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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There are lots of antagonists in the 'Jane Yellowrock' series, but one stands out as uber-evil to me, and that is Lucas DeAllyon.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.
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God does arithmetic.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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People like to call themselves fans of fighting and fans of the sport, but if you're a fan of fighting, how can you not like watching Demetrious Johnson? He's the best at it. He's the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world. Why wouldn't you enjoy watching that guy perform? He does a phenomenal job every time he's in there.
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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
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I lived in San Francisco and did the Stegner fellowship for two years, and it was amazing. From fall 2008 to spring 2010, I was there.
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I was able to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death; rather, it was an active, palpable agent in the world.
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People are moping around and I think campaigns can be about lifting the spirits of the American people.
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The problem is that young people are less likely to vote than older people. What results is a situation in which sometimes the elections don't fully reflect the views of the American population.
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My family is very nomadic - my mom, in particular, traveled the world as a young person, and her father before that, and I guess I have that inside me.
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I think American drama is at its best when it takes the domestic and makes it epic, like a Greek tragedy in the front room.
