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 think good art happens on that edge between comfortable and in a lot of pain, you know what I mean?
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I've never wanted to be famous. That has never been a part of any dream. I do remember being little and thinking I might want to be a singer. But not a famous singer - just, like, a singer.
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This democracy… The elections in Iraq were held despite the American opposition. It was the will of the Iraqi people and the religious authorities. The elections were the result of pressure by Ayatollah Sistani, by the Iraqi religious authorities, and by the fighting forces in Iraq on America. They left the US no choice but to allow the elections.
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My mother lived till she was 95 and never had a line on her face or a frown line. She was beautiful.
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In science, one should use all available resources to solve difficult problems. One of our most powerful resources is the insight of our colleagues.
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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.
