Alanna Ubach Quotes

My mother was born in Sinaloa, and she moved to Los Angeles when she was three years old. My father was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and moved here when he was 19. They met at the Palladium in Hollywood, and they've been together from that moment on.

Alanna Ubach

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FatherMotherMomentTogetherBorn

Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection; the past then lives in your words and you are free.

Jessamyn West

PastDeathWordsWritingFreeYou

The writer in movies is about as low as you can get and you really are a hired hand. You are paid a lot of money to be treated like dirt.

Andrew Davies

MoneyYouMoviesHandDirtLow

As soon as you take your hobby and make it into your profession, it sort of kills it as a hobby.

John Knoll

HobbyYouTakeYourSoonProfession

Every mental state is also physical.

Siri Hustvedt

MentalStatePhysicalEveryAlso

After I had my kids, I realized it's pretty much all about instinct - you have to do what's right for you. Everyone has an opinion, but it was all about what you do or don't do. I was so overloaded, so I let my children dictate the way things were supposed to go, and things fell into place.

Tori Spelling

ChildrenOpinionYouPlaceGoWay

If a doctor tells me, 'Hey, that's it, and this is how it is,' and I don't buy that, then I think I have the right to disagree with you.

Chris Bosh

MeDoctorThinkYouRightDisagree

I love the stage.

Anthony Quinn

LoveStageI Love

I'm trying to remain unfamous.

Anwar Robinson

TryingRemain

I had family and friends back home. Just because I could potentially feel alone in Los Angeles, that didn't mean I was alone.

Alona Tal

FamilyHomeAloneFeelFriendsBack

Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.

Paula Radcliffe

SuccessTogetherWishGoWantMore

I'm quite hypercritical of myself. It's a very Scottish thing, always thinking that you've got to be that bit better than everyone else to be good enough.

Nicola Sturgeon

GoodMyselfThinkingBetterEnough

I'm not so sure we've influenced the general market. But I'm not sure we're trying to do that.

Linda Johnson Rice

TryingSureMarketGeneral

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