Amanda Beard Quotes

People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They'd introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn't want to stand out. I wanted to blend in.

Amanda Beard

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PeopleMeStandFriendsWantRight

I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.

Jennifer Granholm

MeFriendsRunRiskOpenBig

I didn't die young. So I am very lucky. There are other artists and people that didn't survive certain things... people can imagine that I did the most dangerous, and I did the worst... for many reasons, I shouldn't be here.

Angelina Jolie

I AmPeopleSurviveDieDangerous

The audience should go out and see 'Shark Night 3D' because you can bring your whole family.

Sinqua Walls

FamilyNightYouGoSharkSee

'Scandal' has always lived in this dark place with this idea that Washington is filled with this underbelly of monsters, that if the real world understood how dark, twisted and corrupt it really was, they would never agree with our government or want to be part of it. It's been kind of fun to live in that world. It felt like a fictional world.

Shonda Rhimes

LiveGovernmentFunWorldDarkKind

As a woman, I have access to hit women in a way that men might not be able to hit them with jokes. I don't mean physically hit. But you know, because I'm a woman, I can say things about women because I know what it's like to be a woman, if that makes any sense.

Michelle Wolf

WomenMenWomanYouI CanKnow

There are moments when I think I'm not very smart and not very pretty, and skating is the only thing that stands out about me. It's like the love of my life. When you love someone, sometimes you want to break up.

Mirai Nagasu

LifeLoveSmartMeThinkMy Life

Most traditional ghost stories feature rather hapless protagonists, who have nasty things happen to them.

Jonathan Stroud

Things HappenHappenNastyGhostWho

I want to break down the wall of, you know, you have to put on a jacket and tie, and you have to act a certain way, and you have to know how to order the right kind of wine. All these things have suddenly been built up around jazz and the way it's presented.

Jose James

WineYouDownWallKnowJazz

What has always been at the heart of film making was the value of a script. It was really the writer who could make or break a film. But as we all know, the writer has always been at the bottom of the creative heap.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

HeartCreativeValueKnowAlways

Man, I think mistakes - that's what makes us distinct human beings. Those imperfections.

Brian Azzarello

MistakesManThinkHumanUsI Think

Don't start vast projects with half-vast resources.

Bruce Pittman

StartResourcesVastProjects

I have always felt that it's a little artificial to divide the sciences and the arts on college campuses.

Anthony Doerr

CollegeAlwaysLittleArtsDivide

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