Annie Baker Quotes
I think growing up in a small town, the kind of people I met in my small town, they still haunt me. I find myself writing about them over and over again.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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What we have done, the result of that comes to us whenever it comes, either today, tomorrow, hundred years later, hundred lives later, whatever, whatever. And so, it's our own karma. That is why that philosophy in every religion: Killing is sin. Killing is sin in every religion.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
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I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
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When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with him.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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I need talk more, call people out. It's not who I am, but I feel I need to do this more to bring more attention for me.
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If boomers were always looking to shock, millennials are eager to share.
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In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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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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When you're governor, you've got to step up to the plate; you've got to make a proposal for a balanced budget. That's the requirement. And then you've got to sit down and negotiate if the folks that you need to work with disagree with you on points.
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For me, it's a great thing to tell people anything is possible. When I was 15, people told me 'You're not going to be a DJ.'
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So, in my relationships with men, I’ve always sought suffering, conflict, and despair.
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I don't feel like taking pictures with anyone [or] doing anything. I just like chillin'.
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Critics have a job to do. They do not criticise you without reason.
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I think growing up in a small town, the kind of people I met in my small town, they still haunt me. I find myself writing about them over and over again.
