Charles Saatchi Quotes

I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way.

Charles Saatchi

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• The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.

  

  Barbara Bush
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• I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it.

  

  Damon Lindelof
  • Good
  • You
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• I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.

  

  Barry Bostwick
  • Chance
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• One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret – how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Important
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• Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs.

  

  Samantha Stosur
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• I live with my family on the top of a hill in the country, and during the days, my house is quiet, save for the occasional excitement of the FedEx truck heading up the driveway. I write.

  

  Dani Shapiro
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• I think my parents see my life now as very conservative.

  

  Radha Mitchell
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  • Parents
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• I have to satisfy my audience.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Audience
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• It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.

  

  K. D. Lang
  • Thought
  • Personality
  • Voice

• Theater is a way to keep challenging myself.

  

  Patrick J. Adams
  • Way
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• The fact that we're living in a country where 90 percent of the people want further gun laws - to maybe somehow put a dent in some of this insanity that's happening - and yet there's no further legislation taking place, it's very frustrating and upsetting.

  

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• To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.

  

  Irina Shayk
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• I only made $200 a week and I had to buy my own bullets.

  

  Jackie Gleason
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• If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.

  

  Sam Mendes
  • Live
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  • Lived

• My kids have played sports all their life, and one thing I've tried to teach them when you lose, you try to be a gentleman about it.

  

  Vern Buchanan
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• Science today is a highly collaborative exercise, and to convert it into a contest, as the Nobel does, is a bad way to look at science.

  

  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
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• Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.

  

  Felix Adler
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• The battleground has been moderates of all faith traditions in all the countries of the world against the radicals of all faith traditions in all parts of the world.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
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• I was the son of a publican and a master builder. He ran the Empire Hotel in North Hobart. His name was Max, too. Big Max.

  

  Max Walker
  • Son

• We haven't lost romance in the digital age, but we may be neglecting it. In doing so, antiquated art forms are taking on new importance. The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It's personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will.

  

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• I think I've had more fun playing Varga than I've had for quite a number of years playing anything.

  

  David Thewlis
  • Fun

• Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if they are married, and indeed, I repeat, if they are formally married as opposed to simply living together.

  

  Malcolm Turnbull
  • People
  • Together
  • Study

• I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used to it, too. It's exciting.

  

  Kate Upton
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• I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way.

  

  Charles Saatchi
  • Theatre