Annette Bening Quotes
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The message I like to convey to women and girls across the globe is that there is no glass ceiling.
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The Chinese have made a faustian pact with the government, agreeing to forsake demands for political and intellectual freedom in exchange for more material comfort. They live prosperous lives in which any expression of pain is forbidden.
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I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.
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I love the energy over here in the U.K., the hospitality is insane.
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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I think that whenever a book is not a challenge, I'm telling the wrong story.
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Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.
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We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.
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Music is what our feelings sound like.
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I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
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What's great about acting is you can let all your wackiness hang out while you work.
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The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.
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I believe in traditional marriage.
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My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.
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Nearly every moment of every day, we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources.
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Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.
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I used to get very angry as I was getting older, because my voice was breaking. So I've trained my voice so religiously through my teenage years, because I wanted to be able to hit the notes that those females hit. And I can, which is great.
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Meum institutum non est verborum significationem sed rerum naturam explicare
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Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together - that's the most complicated thing we all face.
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History shows that great economic and social forces flow like a tide over communities only half conscious of that which is befalling them. Wise statesmen foresee what time is thus bringing, and try to shape institutions and mold men's thoughts and purposes in accordance with the change that is silently coming on. The unwise are those who bring nothing constructive to the process, and who greatly imperil the future of mankind by leaving great questions to be fought out between ignorant change on one hand and ignorant opposition to change on the other.
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I used to make little movies when I was younger. I'd make my friends be in them and then edit them.
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Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking.
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Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.
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I love being busy, and I love having a lot going on; it's exciting.
