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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The whole idea of 'Death Line' was to kind of highlight class distinctions in England more than to make a scary movie, and I just kind of wrapped my political treatise of the class distinctions in England in this movie.
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I'm competitive, and I love to create challenges for myself. Maybe that's not always a good thing. It can make life complicated.
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Standing behind a kitchen counter telling people about what ingredients to put in a pot didn't feel right.
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I would love to say how nice it is to see you again, but that would be a lie. And I am nothing if not honest.
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Racist people are few, in the minority. But you can do nothing to change them. You can talk, you can do what you want, but you can't do anything because they are just stupid people.
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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.
