Annie Potts Quotes
I sure do love theater. I mean, that's where I started. I am actually sort of shy, but something happens when the audience comes in. It's something nice for me. It terrifies me, but I'm able to do it.
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
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I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.
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My emergence has been slow and steady, I would say. I think I've improved every single year. I keep getting better; I keep getting fitter, sharper - and I'm not stopping.
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Love is more than one thing.
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Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.
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Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women's rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.
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Oh, my dating skills are the worst. No, I pick the wrong men; it's amazing. I am awful, the worst dater.
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Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.
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What was bizarre, when I was younger, I never watched TV. I would rather watch a movie 100 times than to watch a TV show, just to find another nuance. I can't tell you how many times I've watched 'On the Waterfront', just to find a flaw so that I can learn and try to improve my thing.
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Any deal that allows Iran to enrich uranium, which allows them to ultimately break out within a few months with a nuclear weapon, is a disaster for the world.
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College isn't in everyone's hearts. I am living proof, though, that school doesn't mess up your plans. It gives you more experiences to write about.
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If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
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You have to be quite stupid to act.
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I am just an actor, but there are these other people who are really selfless. I come from a long line of nurses in my family, and they really do a thankless job.
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Every note is a lifetime for itself.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what you would do differently.
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At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
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The fundamentals for me are character and conflict. I put character first because readers will be indifferent to conflict if they are indifferent to the character who is experiencing it.
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You can't just take an aspirin and sit around and have 12 donuts and think, 'I took my aspirin so I'm not going to have a heart attack.' It's really important each person take personal responsibility for their health. You can't keep thinking that someone else is going to take care of it. You have to be part of the solution.
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Donald Trump is the best debater on the debate stage.
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Some people feel affronted when something they thought to be true doesn't happen. If that's the case, then your sense of risk is much higher, and that leads to risk aversion. You need to be able to be comfortable in uncertainty.
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I sure do love theater. I mean, that's where I started. I am actually sort of shy, but something happens when the audience comes in. It's something nice for me. It terrifies me, but I'm able to do it.
