Annette Bening Quotes
I didn't picture myself as a movie actress. I began to think about it around college. I remember thinking, 'Well somebody has to be in them,' so maybe I could do that eventually. It's all been a surprise.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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There are different reasons to make movies.
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That's always the trick with the sequels, is how much do you repeat from the first one. Because we all get bummed out when you go see a sequel and it's beat for beat.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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I can tell you Donald Trump's products may not be made in America, but Donald Trump was made in America.
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
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My awkward stage extended well into high school.
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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
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I'm worried a lot of our work day as artists is a producer's creation - not an artist's creation.
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I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn't like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.
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Well I think that, if you want to look at polarizing people right now, I wouldn't look at Palin, I'd look at Barack Obama.
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My style is kind of eclectic and I don't like to do the same thing over and over again. I like to have fun and explore myself so you won't see the same design.
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In the Senate, there is a wide spectrum of views on foreign policy.
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I see potential in everything. It's about opening your mind to what you can do to the garment: because they're cheap, you can cut them or stitch them, and if you stuff it up, it's fine - it's only two dollars.
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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As an actress you can participate, you can be a co-author, help the director. But I always wanted to be able to make the big decisions.
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I feel a man, when married, becomes more balanced. All the extra-curricular activities are done away with. The focus is on work and family.
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Food still isn't my thing, but I've learned to respect its power and significance.
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What concerns me fundamentaly is a meteoric burlesk melodrama, born of the immemorial adage love will find a way.
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Humans have a lot of pro-social tendencies.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell, and with these in mind I say, climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are naught without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end.
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Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.
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I didn't picture myself as a movie actress. I began to think about it around college. I remember thinking, 'Well somebody has to be in them,' so maybe I could do that eventually. It's all been a surprise.
