Annie Potts Quotes
I rarely find that things put in quotes, attributed to me, are things that I said -certainly in the context in which they are presented.
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Various circumstances, mainly to do with my military service, prevented me from doing a Ph.D., and I have often regretted it, though you do need to choose the 'right' supervisor in the 'right' discipline - no easy task when you are totally inexperienced.
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Everybody loves a villain - let's face it.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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Whereas, generally speaking, zinc reacts suitably only with the first members of the alkyl iodides, with magnesium it is possible to use bromides, iodides, and in many cases, chlorides.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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With the opening of the second decade of the twentieth century it seemed that the stage was set for the last act in an unquestioned evolutionary drama.
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The Founders believed liberty came directly from God. With their knowledge of Scripture, they knew each child was made in the image of God. That is why everyone had dignity, value and worth.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.
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I'm a way bigger worrier than I ever was before I had kids. And, you know, the stress and anxiety that can go along with motherhood, I have had to battle that.
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Just as China achieved much more than India in the realm of public health and education under an austere Communist regime, so its economic growth under a capitalist-friendly government strikes a visitor from India as nothing less than spectacular.
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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Predating the Internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds and then get mental pictures of what these sounds felt like to you. It engaged you and made you more invested in it. It made you want to get tickets to the show, buy the album, put the poster on the wall. Now it's sensory overload.
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I didn't follow the whole 'X-Men' story because it got too complicated. I'd pick up a comic book and have no idea what was going on.
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I've always been very shy of doing television. I've always said 'no.' Not to be disrespectful to anyone - I didn't want to say 'yes' and then let people down.
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Women should come forward to protect other woman, as only a woman can understand the problems of another one.
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People want to tear me down, they were going to knife me anyway.
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Everything in the world starts small and then becomes bigger—except bad things. They start big, and then get smaller.
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I know what labels and artists need, along with the consumer.
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Hope sinks a world of imagination.
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Belief fails when it works not well indeed but is idle as a sleeping man... Each virtuous deed is strong when it is grounded upon the solidity of belief.
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I don't want to come to Washington to be just another vote. I want to lead on issues that are important.
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I rarely find that things put in quotes, attributed to me, are things that I said -certainly in the context in which they are presented.
