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Anna Neagle Quotes

Anna Neagle quotes

English Actress October 20, 1904 – June 3, 1986

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No matter how much we love our family and friends, a part of us needs the occasional moment of solitude as a plant needs water. It is the inmost core of each of us that, that part which nobody can define but which we all recognize because it never changes. Anna Neagle
But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an opportunity instead of a passing of time, what wonderful horizons open out! Anna Neagle
Naturally enough when I was a young dancer, I was terribly anxious to get ahead, and to get ahead quickly. I was impatient with all those older people who talked of the long grind to the top, who turned me down for jobs I knew I could do. Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle quote: "The time I had waited probably made the difference between..."
The time I had waited probably made the difference between success and failure. Anna Neagle
I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains. Anna Neagle
What, I sometimes wonder, would it be like if I lived in a country where winter is a matter of a few chilly days and a few weeks' rain; where the sun is never far away, and the flowers bloom all year long? Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle quote: "If we fix a goal and work towards it, then we are never just..."
If we fix a goal and work towards it, then we are never just passing time. Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle quote: "So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone."
So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone. Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle quote: "But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming...."
But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming. Next in enjoyment, I think, comes planning. Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle quote: "But the important thing about learning to wait, I feel sure,..."
But the important thing about learning to wait, I feel sure, is to know what you are waiting for. Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle quote: "Everyone needs some time to themselves."
Everyone needs some time to themselves. Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle quote: "Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not."
Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not. Anna Neagle

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