Annie Baker Quotes
I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.
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I want to see more Asians on TV. I want to see more faces like mine on TV.
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We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity.
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Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.
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The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with someone who has a different social background than you.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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I don't think that attorneys should be in any way running for governor.
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I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
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I hate negative ads in general.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.
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The best way to look at aging is to see it as an opportunity to leave what didn't work behind and step boldly into a brand new future.
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'Barney Miller' was a lot of fun. I'm very fond of Abe Vigoda. Most - a lot of people on that cast - I really liked.
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(About the battle of Kunersdorf) 'I shall not survive this cruel misfortune. The consequences will be worse than defeat itself. I have no resources left, and, to speak quite frankly I believe everything is lost. I shall not outlive the downfall of my country. Farewell, forever!'
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I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.
