Annette Bening Quotes
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.
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Guys back in the day, we didn't have wallets. I never kept my money in my pocket; my money always went in my sock. My key my mom gave me, I put it in my sock - whatever it was.
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By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy.
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I'm very grateful to have had many brilliant students and post-docs who have worked with me. Potential is often hard to spot, but a key factor is whether they express a genuine interest in the problem and how they have thought about it.
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I strongly believe that the Legislature should not be interfering in private medical decisions.
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I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters.
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On the set I never know what day of the week it is.
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'Fight Master' is a show that Spike came up with. Obviously, Spike has a vested interest in Bellator, which is filling a void that was created when the UFC and 'The Ultimate Fighter' left and went to Fox. I think this fills a huge piece of the puzzle for the folks at Spike, in terms of demographics and what programming they like to do.
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Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
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I think that I come off as, 'Nothing bothers me, I don't care! I'm funny and sassy.' But I'm deeply sensitive. Not only about myself but to others. Not to pat myself on the back, empathy is a quality I've cultivated over my life. It came naturally to me as a child.
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Direct thy attention to what is said. Let thy understanding enter into the things that are doing and the things which do them.
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I'd like to really make the Montgomery Clift biopic happen.
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You can be cool and at the same time respect your woman, who will hopefully become your wife, who will hopefully become the mother of your kids. America needs to get back to family values.
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I want to learn how to do balloon art and make dolphins.
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It took me ten years and seven books to bag an agent - it took me that long to start writing good.
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Part of my work is dedicated to artisanship and can only be done by very few people because it requires a specific technique. Being an artist is being at the service of yourself; I am at the service of other people.
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Get moving; the more ground you cover, the more people you see, the more successful you will be.
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He who hesitates, meditates horizontally
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Themes recur again and again in my work.
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I am tired and I am dying, and I want to be merciful. I want to forgive you. But when God summons me and says, But it wasn't for you to forgive, Mullah, what shall I say?
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I don't really have a choice. I'm getting older.
