Quotes by Baxter, Anne




Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 December 12, 1985) was an American actress. Born in Michigan City, Indiana to Kenneth Stuart Baxter and Catherine Wright; her maternal grandfather was architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Baxter's father was a prominent executive with the Seagrams Distillery Co. and she was raised in New York City amidst luxury and sophistication. At age 10, Baxter attended a Broadway play starring Helen Hayes, and was so impressed that she declared to her family that she wanted to become an actress. By the age of 13, Anne had appeared on Broadway. During this period, Baxter learned her acting craft as a student of the famed teacher, Madame Maria Ouspenskaya..

"I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure."

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"It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes."

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"Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves."

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"In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity."

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