Amy Ryan Quotes

'The Wire,' I was such a fan of that show the first season - I think that's the best-written show on TV.

Amy Ryan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 30, 1969

Topics

ThinkFirstSeasonShowFanI Think

I grew up in an upper-middle-class town with a population around 12,000. My high school held around a thousand kids. All smart. We had a strict dress code. If you wore blue jeans to school, they sent you home.

Jeffrey Gitomer

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I feel very blessed. I have had, and am having, such a lovely life.

Sienna Miller

Not PerfectPerfect

To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die.

Luc de Clapiers

LiveGreatDieGreat ThingsNever

I convinced myself economic empowerment of women was going to be key, especially in a country like this where most women didn't go to school.

Joyce Banda

WomenMyselfSchoolKeyCountryGo

The youth is the hope of our future.

Jose Rizal

FutureHopeYouthOur

We were so influenced not only by country music but by the rock bands of the '80s. Our focus was to bring in something different. Country music already had a George Strait and Alabama. We wanted to put some pop music in our show.

Jay DeMarcus

MusicFocusCountryRockAlabama

In primary school in south-eastern Nigeria, I was taught that Hosni Mubarak was the president of Egypt. I learned the same thing in secondary school. In university, Mubarak was still president of Egypt. I came to assume, subconsciously, that he - and others like Paul Biya in Cameroon and Muammar Gaddafi in Libya - would never leave.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

SchoolEgyptPresidentOthersNever

I was attached to the SAS from time to time, but we are forbidden - former, present, or future - to discuss any specific operations.

Christopher Lee

FutureTimePresentOperationsAny

The cost of an animated film really comes down to man hours. If you gather together world-class talent, then the question becomes how do you deploy that talent in a way that minimizes waste.

Chris Meledandri

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I wasn't actually very naturally good at economics. My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics.

Brit Marling

WorkGoodMathematicsBrainWell

I have the thermometer in my mouth and I am listening to it all the time.

William Whitelaw

TimeI AmListeningMouthAm

Junior high is so much worse than high school because at least in high school different is more accepted, celebrated actually: all the girls with blue hair and gothic Hello Kitty backpacks.

Nikki Reed

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