Kenneth Tynan Quotes
Every speech, for Olivier, is like a mass of marble at which the sculptor chips away until its essential form and meaning are revealed. No matter how ignoble the character he plays, the result is always noble as a work of art.
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Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.
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The unlikely combination of potatoes and pasta does appear in some Italian recipes.
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General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.
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When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.
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I started playing guitar before I can really remember, and I started writing really early, too.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
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I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
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Music has no subject beyond the combinations of notes we hear, for music speaks not only by means of sounds, it speaks nothing but sound.
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I'm into menswear slacks that are comfortable.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.
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I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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Fans hate a hypocrite. I believe they detect the real you behind every role and if they are led to believe you are something you pretend you aren't, they resent it.
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The caricature of me in 1986 was not correct. I do not harbor the kind of animosity and race-based discrimination ideas that I was accused of. I did not.
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No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted.
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It's nice to just be a kid and hang out with your friends at lunch.
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Directors have been trying to get me to do comedy for a long time, ever since 'One Eight Seven.'
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Every speech, for Olivier, is like a mass of marble at which the sculptor chips away until its essential form and meaning are revealed. No matter how ignoble the character he plays, the result is always noble as a work of art.
