Kathleen Turner Quotes
I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. Then I end up loving and defending them.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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I love a good Slash guitar riff. It's sexy!
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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We're looking to help our guitar buddies do their thing while at the same time we try to create something we might enjoy listening to ourselves. If anything we are trying to develop a vocabulary so we can converse more fluidly.
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Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
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The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.
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It's kind of comfortable portraying characters who are kind of unsavoury and not so nice. That can be refreshing sometimes.
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The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.
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Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones.
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My first film 'Saawariya' was a flop; I don't regret it.
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Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
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More is asked of you on stage. It's no way to make a living. But it's like a bullfight. You find out who can do it and who can't.
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The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.
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If you think back to your first love, you always remember them and little things always remind you of them.
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I support the French team - I go to all their matches - but I don't want to use sport for politics. That's not good for sport or for politics.
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What is more important is that Foreign Service Officers understand business, about the needs of U.S. business and how to help U.S. companies make the right connections abroad.
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Having a female point of view in the room - when you get into a discussion about behavior - who would say what and how they would interact with one another. In certain situations, women are going to have a different opinion on that than men. It made for a really balanced conversation in the room.
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You know what I'm realizing? I always love a place if I like the movie I'm doing there. I've heard people say, 'I hate Pittsburgh,' and I'm like, 'I love Pittsburgh so much!' I loved what I was doing there, and I loved Austin for the same reason.
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I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.
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I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. Then I end up loving and defending them.
