Ann Dowd Quotes

My father, John, ran the Dowd Insurance Co. in town, which was started by his great-grandfather. My mother, Dolores, was a homemaker who kept an eye on all of us.

Ann Dowd

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New York being what it is, our museums are vertical, not horizontal. That means the stumbling blocks to architectural clarity are unavoidable - but certainly surmountable.

Jerry Saltz

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If we lost, then who won? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer - when they pass a withdrawal motion that is a certain date for surrender, what were they cheering? Surrender? Defeat?

John McCain

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City Ballet remains a great company in perpetual artistic crisis.

Robert Gottlieb

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Men display less self-doubt and lead with what seems always like a sense of force and direction. We are not as familiar with women leaders, and so we question their skills. As women, we always need to work harder to prove our competence.

Maureen Chiquet

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The older I get, the more I don't care what people think or what people say. I just do what moves me.

Tommy Lee

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I love yoga breathing exercises; they're very helpful.

Tony Goldwyn

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The Academy just reflects Hollywood. And until we break those barriers, until we have African-American or minority studio executives, 'til we have people who are greenlighting movies with African-American actors - the Academy is not going to change until Hollywood changes, so we have to start with Hollywood.

Roger Ross Williams

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No one can prevent hurricanes, but prosperous communities are much better able to withstand them than poor ones.

Robert Zubrin

BetterPoorAbleThanMuchPrevent

I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it.

Rosie Perez

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I perceive and relate to the world through where I grew up; that's part of me. It's what I judge everything else against.

Michael Sheen

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I enjoy albums, not a song here and there. The recordings I like have been a soundtrack to a universe.

Little Simz

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I know and live with the real Dilip Kumar. He is a simple man, hard working, who has survived time.

Dilip Kumar

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