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Ann-Marie MacDonald Quotes

I grew up in a family where the love of stories is very strong. And there's also a love of performance. I think one reason stories were so important in my family was that we moved around a lot.

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: canadian
Birth: October 29, 1958

Topics

Family Love Performance Strong Think

First time I ever sang was in a contest in Louisiana when I was 9. And I won yodeling.

Jessie James Decker

Time First Time First Louisiana Won

We have an uncanny ability to make birds do what we want them to do. In Blood Simple there's a shot from the bumper of a car and it's going up this road and a huge flock of birds takes off at the perfect moment.

Joel Coen

Car Moment Simple Birds Road Want

My daughter is a fantastic travelling companion - she's totally organised, whereas I'm hopeless.

Meg Rosoff

Daughter Hopeless She Companion

I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents!

Maurice Sendak

Parents People Think Test Capable

Dancing is like - it's another way of communicating, no?

Mauricio Macri

Way Dancing Like Another Way Another

You get into comedy because you are insecure, and you communicate with the world through comedy to sort of alleviate the tension of those insecurities and to find a way to make people like you other than the way you look or how good you are at sports. I don't think that really goes away.

Andy Samberg

Good Sports People World Think Look

There is a time in the life of every predicament where it is ripe for resolution. Emotions provide the cue to act when a problem is big enough to see, yet still small enough to solve. By understanding your emotions, you can move adeptly through your current challenges and prevent future ones.

Travis Bradberry

Life Future Time Challenges Small

The culture looms much larger than you do as a parent, and one can hardly rely on the culture to impart the lesson that womanhood is valuable.

Rumaan Alam

Culture Parent You Lesson Valuable

Every single stage of reform becomes more difficult because you use political capital.

Jose Angel Gurria

Political You More Difficult Stage

I think people just find it remarkable that a high court justice would step out from behind the bench and have a persona that's not the traditional, stodgy, fuddy-duddy persona, but actually comes across as authentic and engaging.

Don Willett

Justice Step People Think Find High

I focus on staying healthy, going to the gym, and I go out there and fight.

Demetrious Johnson

Focus Fight Gym Go Healthy Out

Country music's always had the best musicians in any format of music, and I always gravitated toward that, stuff that was musically interesting.

Brad Paisley

Music Best Musicians Interesting Any