Dakota Fanning Quotes
Dear God, I do not ask for health or wealth. People ask you so often that you can't have any left. Give me, God, what else you have. Give me what no-one else asks for. Amen.
Quotes to Explore
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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We, as entrepreneurs, can be held responsible for our actions every single day, not every election cycle.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
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Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbelievably talented... then to hear him sing those lyrics of 'What I'm Thankful For,' which is a song Ms. Yearwood and I got to write together, that was definitely a highlight of my recording life.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.
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Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
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Lives that are so conspicuous have a claustrophobic feeling. Once you're in charge of running a country, you're under scrutiny all the time. That's a trap.
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I started with things that I was troubled by or confused by or interested in, and then I wrote stories to try to puzzle my way through it. But the question is not how to represent war, because it's an abstract thing that's felt differently for all the characters.
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Not a lot of people know I wrote the lyrics for the Arsenal club song, 'Good Old Arsenal'. We had a competition on ITV for it, and none of the entries were any good, so I approached their manager, Bertie Mee, and asked him if he would let me have a stab. He did, and within a few weeks they were singing it at Wembley on the way to the 1971 double.
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Something we're really known for is our signature harmonies, our great melodies - stuff that just makes you feel something and moves you.
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Dear God, I do not ask for health or wealth. People ask you so often that you can't have any left. Give me, God, what else you have. Give me what no-one else asks for. Amen.
