Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes
I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.
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I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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Write something beautiful and honest and that makes you very proud.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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I faced many ups and downs, like any other actor: not getting through auditions or even worse - getting shortlisted and not being selected. Most actors go through the process.
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When I was 20, I thought anyone in the music business over 25 is past it. Then at 30, you think anyone still doing it at 35 is ridiculous. Suddenly, you find yourself at 48 and still doing it, so I don't know what to say, really.
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You're able to do things in novels: introduce subplots, other characters, thematic layers and so on, in a way that you simply can't in a movie. A movie really has to choose its battles.
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I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.
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It's not so much religion per se, it's false certainty that worries me, and religion just has more than its fair share of false certainty or dogmatism. I'm really concerned when I see people pretending to know things they clearly cannot know.
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I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about.
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People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production.
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I'd never want to do something just for the show of it.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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When I started off in music, I started with a real innocence, a real love for the instrument, the writing the songs, the playing the songs and the sharing and the recording and experimenting. It was exciting. Then, this thing called success came, and something happened at some point where I became disenchanted, and I lost the innocence.
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The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.
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There is inestimable blessing in a cheerful spirit. When the soul throws its windows wide open, letting in the sunshine, and presenting to all who see it the evidence of its gladness, it is not only happy, but it has an unspeakable power of doing good.
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Germany can make a major difference in the lives of so many Holocaust survivors who are struggling in their later years.
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In primary school, every day and especially on Fridays, I was supposed to say, 'I am Turkish, and I am righteous and hardworking,' But all those things did not actually turn us into Turks. This system is somehow creating fake personalities.
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I try to go to my parents' house as much as I can. No matter how busy we are as a family, we always make that time to have that 'family together' day because we want to. You can't let work and life get in the way of spending time together.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.
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If the IOC would move the Olympic hockey tournament to the summer, that would be great. We'd be thrilled to have our players participate because then it doesn't affect our season.
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A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like hack-horses setting out to gallop.
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I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.
