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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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 grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.
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Obviously, you need talent to do well in your sport, but I think hard work goes a long way. You need to be lucky within the sport too, though. In badminton, you can benefit from good draws and people getting injured.
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Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked.
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.
