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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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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Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big.
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I think great bosses hire great people. 'A' people hire 'A' people, but 'B' people hire 'C' people; they're worried they might be shown up... they're concerned that that person might make them look bad.
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The challenge of our generation, whether it's young lawyers, young investment bankers, is to make capitalism work for people not just around the corner, but for people all around the world.
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The basic thing is that I want to do the best work possible, and I can only do that if I'm relaxed and have a lot of energy. And that can only come from taking time off.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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What should all men know about women? That we are always right and you should just agree.
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I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.
