Ellen Terry Quotes

Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.

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• Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.

  

  Rachel Kushner
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• I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.

  

  Laura Linney
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  • Thought
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• When I started making movies, I was pretty young, and at the time I felt like there needed to be more confrontation in cinema - or I needed to make something more disruptive - so in the beginning, those movies were me wanting to play with the rules.

  

  Harmony Korine
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• My emergence has been slow and steady, I would say. I think I've improved every single year. I keep getting better; I keep getting fitter, sharper - and I'm not stopping.

  

  Carli Lloyd
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• And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.

  

  Ed Rendell
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• Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
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• It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Love
  • Think
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• College isn't in everyone's hearts. I am living proof, though, that school doesn't mess up your plans. It gives you more experiences to write about.

  

  J. Cole
  • School
  • College
  • Experiences

• My 'Big Bang Theory' costar Johnny Galecki went off the grid. He bought a huge ranch and goes there every weekend. He keeps telling me to do the same thing, but I don't know if I'm that committed. The Valley is as far off the grid as I'm going to go.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Know
  • Me
  • Weekend

• My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • People
  • Wish
  • Books

• Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.

  

  Gavin Hood
  • Long
  • You
  • Film

• A lot of people think that because I'm from Malaysia, I'm driven by Malaysian sound, but actually, it's mostly just my melodies.

  

  Yuna
  • People
  • Think
  • Sound

• You have to be quite stupid to act.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • You
  • Stupid
  • Act

• I am just an actor, but there are these other people who are really selfless. I come from a long line of nurses in my family, and they really do a thankless job.

  

  Sam Jaeger
  • Family
  • Job
  • Actor

• My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Job
  • You
  • Washington

• 'Joy' to me is a reflection of the life experiences that I've had throughout the first record and kind of having some time and a hiatus. It's just like all of those experiences that I had during that period - that growing up period.

  

  Fefe Dobson
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• I love working in New York.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Love
  • Working
  • New York

• I came, I studied architecture in America, so my technical background's completely western. But my seventeen years, the formative years of one's life, and I can't say that the Chineseness in me is not there.

  

  I. M. Pei
  • Life
  • America
  • Architecture

• I'm from England, and like every other great empire who stole bits of the world, there is a price to pay. And I was born in 1935. So, since I've been conscious of the world, I've either been in, or been on the periphery of, a war zone.

  

  Don McCullin
  • World
  • Great
  • War

• Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.

  

  Barbara Deming
  • Action
  • Nice
  • Be Nice

• In the kind of roles I do, you can do them and walk away from it and have a really nice time.

  

  Dennis Farina
  • Time
  • Nice

• My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life.

  

  Maria Monk
  • Life
  • Time
  • Parents

• I've never had a chance to sit down and enjoy what's happened - I've been too panicked about the next move. So I took some time out. I thought either I do this now or in 10 years' time I'll end up in the Priory.

  

  Adam Rickitt
  • Up
  • Time

• Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.

  

  Ellen Terry
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