Joan Allen Quotes

Once I got to high school and auditioned for a play and got in, I thought this was really what I was looking for. Once that had got cleared up, from 13 on, that was it.

Joan Allen

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SchoolLookingHigh SchoolThought

I do have a strong sense of an order in the universe.

Joan Didion

StrongUniverseOrderSense

I behave differently in different situations, and I'm slightly unstable and insecure, which I think are natural conditions of what I do. And I have a weird ear. Whatever I hear, I emulate. When I was a kid I did impressions: Forrest Gump, Rain Man, really big caricatures.

Max Minghella

RainManThinkWeirdKidWhatever

I guess my husband is a muse as well.

Tori Amos

HusbandMuseWellGuess

Latinos are Republican. They just don't know it yet.

Ronald Reagan

KnowRepublicanLatinosJust

Farms and ranches contend with much more than quarterly reports and profit margins - the weather can wreak havoc on their quality of life and economic viability. When natural disasters strike, we must do all we can to assist the backbone of our economy.

Ruben Hinojosa

LifeQualityWeatherProfitStrike

Imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero?

Miep Gies

HeroI AmPeopleGrowHelpYou

Embrace the fact that you are different... Don't think you're alone. Embrace it. Love it.

Mike Daniels

LoveAloneThinkYouEmbraceFact

It gives me confidence to know that what I'm writing has a veracity of its own without me having to invent it. When I'm writing fiction, I must believe it to be true, or I can see no point in it.

Michael Morpurgo

ConfidenceMeWritingBelieveI Can

I wish I got a lie-in on Saturday mornings but I never do.

Monica Ali

SaturdayWishNeverI WishGot

Funnily enough, the most danger I felt was when I did a story about exotic animals kept as pets in America.

Louis Theroux

StoryAmericaEnoughAnimalsDanger

I've heard stories about authors filled with this kind of Lotto-winner hubris. I'm a Dutch boy from the Midwest. We don't have hubris.

Chris Van Allsburg

KindBoyHubrisMidwestStories

I feel that certain things are best kept inside a family and not discussed with anyone else.

Annette Bening

FamilyBestFeelInsideThingsElse

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