Annie Baker Quotes
I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore.
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Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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The nanofibrillar scaffolds designed to guide the process of cellular repopulation is an important step towards prolonging life and enhancing the quality of life for patients with advanced heart disease with defective valve.
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Emotional messiness is my reason for life. In acting, it's so important.
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My reading and drawing drew me away from the ordinary interests, and I lived a great deal in the world of imagination, feeding upon any book that fell into my hands. When I had got hold of a really thick book like Hugo's 'Les Miserables,' I was happy and would go off into a corner to devour it.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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I kind of stumbled into comics in a roundabout way. One of the first films my father introduced me to was the 1989 'Batman,' the Tim Burton one.
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I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
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I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to.
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People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that.
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A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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I could play for the worst team if they paid the most... If the last-place team offers $200 million and the first-place team offers $10, I'm going to go for the $200-million no matter what team it was.
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way.
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He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.
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I have a strong emotional respect for Steve.
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All our scientific and philosophic ideals are altars to unknown gods.
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Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.
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Tell your wife often how terrific she looks.
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Alan Greenspan is unskilled; you don't take the unskilled seriously.
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What I've learned is that real change is very, very hard. But I've also learned that change is possible - if you fight for it.
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I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore.
