Agnes Macphail Quotes
Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities.
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A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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The history of Bitcoin trading is a bubble, a correction, consolidation, and another increase. It's happened four times, and it will happen again.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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I went to a performing arts high school, we learned Shakespeare, I did 'Fences.' When you train, you can do anything.
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I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.
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Life has its trade-offs. As you age, you lose things like teeth and the ability to play in the ball pit at fast-food restaurants, and you gain things like experience and employer-based health insurance.
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I don't really cringe over any of my albums.
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I outline fairly extensively because I'm usually dealing with real events. I don't need to give myself as much information as I used to, but I still like to have two pages of outline for every projected 100 pages of manuscript.
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Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.
