David Miliband Quotes
People want more power over their own lives. That's not just true in Britain, it's true around the world.
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Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of the superhero is something you can do. All those movies have led to a point where we can finally have 'Watchmen' with a Superman character who doesn't want to save the world and a Batman who has trouble in bed.
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I think I've gotten more confident because the more you do it and the more shows you play, you just feel more confident. You feel more confident about everything.
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I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.
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I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.
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The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
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Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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Genius of a kind has always been with me; an empty heart that has taken on a certain wooden quality; an excellent, strong woman's body and a pitiably starved soul.
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Claire Denis's 'Beau Travail' is one of Denis's greatest achievements. One of the most mysterious and beautiful endings in movies.
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I don't care what people say. My music's, my music.
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Some coaches are on power trips. I've never needed somebody to tell me I'm not working hard enough.
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People want more power over their own lives. That's not just true in Britain, it's true around the world.
