Beth Gibbons Quotes
The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process: I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult.
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It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective laws of a socialist economy and legal system.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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I deserve attention not because of any talent, but just because of who I am.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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In the Constitution of the United States, Negroes are referred to as fellows although the word 'slave' is carefully avoided before the thirteenth amendment.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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The vast concourse of people who had assembled to witness the triumphant arrival of the successful travellers was of the lowest orders of mechanics and artisans, among whom great distress and a dangerous spirit of discontent with the government at that time prevailed.
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I had the benefit of watching good people show me what it really is to be an actor – the day in and day out of it.
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The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.
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Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.
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Somewhere along the line the rhythms and tonalities of music elided in my brain with the sounds that words make and the rhythm that sentences have.
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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
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My goal was to be able to be alone without food, sugar, phone, men, TV, anything and to feel O.K. about myself.
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process: I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult.
