Elizabeth George Quotes
I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.
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I'm very obsessed with 'The Real Housewives' franchise. It's a bad obsession.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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We just here to do our job.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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I love anything to do with history.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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The train's always full of football fans going up to see matches. Oh, they make sure I hear their points of view all right. They all want to have their say about their team, and make their opinions known.
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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
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I see couples fighting about the stupidest things. You just have to rise above everything.
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All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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The dominant culture of the world teaches us that The Other is a threat, that our fellow human beings are a danger. We will all continue to be exiles in one form or another as long as we continue to accept the paradigm that the world is a racetrack or a battlefield.
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I take the sexy girl parts and try to give them something else and make them a character.
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I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.
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It's a blessing and a curse when your first big public album does so well. 'Twentysomething' sold four million copies - I think we were hoping to sell 80,000. And it's still selling. In some ways, you'll always be defined by that.
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Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe.
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I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.
