A Magnani Quotes & Sayings

I drew because words were too unpredictable. (5) — Sherman Alexie

I remember very vividly - I wrote about it in one of my books - my first IRA. I contributed $2,000 every year, and in 21 years, the funds in that IRA account grew to $260,000. Seems like sort of a miracle, but it happened. — Charles Schwab

(I was a fairy-minded kid, a comic book kid, and I had a bad habit of looking for augurs and protectors where there were none. — Karen Russell

Anna Magnani, Sophia Loren, Meryl Streep - I love actresses that are strong and fragile at the same time. They bring complexity to their roles. — Moran Atias

As a boy, I used to look at reproductions of Rembrandt's portraits ... the people in his paintings were so real I felt I knew them ... It is his empathy for the sitter, combined with his enjoyment and dexerity in handling paint that captured my imagination then, and is what I am striving for still. — David Cobley

One young man who had a tattoo of a bumblebee on his arm (the symbol of his favorite reggae group) was identified as a gang member. The gang was identified as the "Killer Bee Gang." According to Department of Corrections records, the Killer Bees were a gang of one. — Lauraet Magnani

As an actress, I really love people like Anna Magnani and Debra Winger. I also think there is nobody better than Meryl Streep. — Penelope Cruz

Please don't retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them. — Anna Magnani

The money, the fame, if that comes, that's fantastic. But at the end of the day, my aim is to go to sleep at night content and have a purpose, and to know that I'm not swapping my life for money and some mind-numbing boring job, making easy money and protecting my brain. — Mark De Mori

Children are like puppies: you have to keep them near you, and look after them, if you want their affection. — Anna Magnani

My favourite actress is Meryl Streep. Oh, and Anna Magnani. — Penelope Cruz

[To reporter who telephoned with news of her Oscar:] If you are joking me, I will get up immediately and kill you wherever you are. — Anna Magnani

It's so unfair that we should die, just because we are born. — Anna Magnani

God is DEAD, and no one cares! If there is a hell I'll see you there! — Trent Reznor

You don't hurry a thinker, and you don't talk to him when he's thinking. It's just inconsiderate. — Christopher Moore

Great passions, my dear, don't exist: they're liars fantasies. What do exist are little loves that may last for a short or a longer while. — Anna Magnani

A divorcee is a women who got married so she didn't have to work, but now works so she doesn't have to get married. — Anna Magnani

Women who stay true to themselves are always more interesting and beautiful to me: women like Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe and Anna Magnani - women who have style, chic, allure and elegance. They didn't submit to any standard of beauty - they defined it. — Isabella Rossellini

Ah, the feeling you get holding a diamond in your hand! It seems to bore into your skin, to burn, to breathe. It's like holding a bit of the moon in your hand. — Anna Magnani