Melissa Sue Anderson quotes

“I'm calculating, self-sufficient, reserved, and I enjoy being alone”
-- Melissa Sue Anderson

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“Sandy deWitt at TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris in Johannesburg, South Africa, taught me to make a decision and stick with it. Every day we're faced with reasons why we shouldn't do good work: it's too scary, too hard to pull off, there's no time, no money, etc. You have to be brave and commit to your choices in the face of adversity. If you waver, nothing will turn out the way you imagined it.”
-- Melissa Sue Anderson

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“Sandy deWitt at TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris in Johannesburg, South Africa, taught me to make a decision and stick with it. Every day we're faced with reasons why we shouldn't do good work: it's too scary, too hard to pull off, there's no time, no money, etc. You have to be brave and commit to your choices in the face of adversity. If you waver, nothing will turn out the way you imagined it.”
-- Melissa Sue Anderson

#Adversity Quotes #Decision Quotes #Brave Quotes

“If my former self and my current self met for coffee, they'd get along OK, but they'd both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking their heads and saying to themselves, “That guy is kinda delusional.””

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

“Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed. Having once experienced the mystery, plenitude, contradiction, and composure of a work of art, we afterward have a built-in resistance to the slogans and propaganda of oversimplification that have often contributed to the destruction of human life. Poetry is a verbal means to a nonverbal source. It is a motion to no-motion, to the still point of contemplation and deep realization.”

“Sensual is being in tune with your sensual self.”

Source : "Aaliyah Talks About Her Parents And Her Sensuality". MTV News Interview, www.mtv.com. April 4, 1997.

“Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.”

“Find a nice, self sufficient hilltop, and fortify it.”

Source : John Wyndham (1953). “Out of the Deeps”

“I am a complete, mature, self-sufficient being.”

“Perhaps the greatest self-deceit is to tell ourselves that we can be self-sufficient.”

“I enjoy thelove I receive from my fans and my audience. But I think I know what is realfor me and what is not.”

“On a selfish basis, I really enjoy sports and activity.”

“Fear is the condom of life. It doesn't allow you to enjoy things.”

Source : "Oscars 2015: The Winners' Reactions" by Austin Siegemund-Broka, Carolyn Giardina, Rebecca Ford, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 22, 2015.