Dawn French Quotes

I haven't really ever had to audition for anything.

Dawn French

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• If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.

  

  Harold Nicholas
  • Real
  • Black
  • Change

• I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.

  

  Mackenzie Astin
  • Age
  • Working
  • Lucky

• Back in the day, cooking definitely was the thing where you could make a lot of money. Also, it was something that I liked to do.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Money
  • Day
  • Cooking

• I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong. Your tongue moves, and the Arabic language is so beautiful.

  

  Hakeem Olajuwon
  • Beautiful
  • Strong
  • Language

• There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.

  

  Patrick Duffy
  • Night
  • Dinner
  • Fresh

• Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Why
  • Will
  • Debt

• I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.

  

  Oliver Stone
  • Life
  • World
  • Different

• A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Women
  • School
  • High

• If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than 'Just say no.' That's what I think.

  

  Carl Safina
  • Change
  • Me
  • Stronger

• I don't think I realized the extremes of my proportions until I moved to Paris. I thought I'd be 'normal' as a model, but actually, even in that world, I was at one end of the spectrum.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • World
  • Thought
  • Model

• I dropped the 'Bundy' with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: There's me as a songwriter and a country singer, and there's me as a Broadway performer.

  

  Laura Bell Bundy
  • Music
  • Country
  • Singer

• When I talk to CEOs, they're not educated about social media.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Media
  • Talk
  • Social Media

• Medicaid and the Child Health Insurance Program are the two most important safety net programs for children.

  

  Irwin Redlener
  • Important
  • Children
  • Health

• Think of social media as the Internet. I can't think of anyone betting against the Internet in 2012.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Think
  • Media
  • Social Media

• The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.

  

  E. B. White
  • People
  • World
  • Mind

• To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • Girl
  • Courage
  • Determination

• Everybody knows that Alexander Hamilton was a founding father of the United States, a young father to be sure: only thirty at the time of the Constitutional Convention and just turned thirty-eight when he left behind his brilliant career as Secretary of the Treasury.

  

  Edmund Morgan
  • Time
  • Father
  • Career

• I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Live
  • Moment
  • I Can

• Valuing public servants would boost morale among those on the front line of implementing government policy.

  

  Charles Kennedy

• Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • Time
  • Man
  • Influence

• I have not been on any river that has more of a distinctive personality than does the Missouri River. It's a river that immediately presents to the traveler, 'I am a grandfather spirit. I have a source; I have a life.

  

  William Lewis Trogdon
  • Travel
  • Spirit
  • Personality

• When there's characters out there that don't have humor, I don't find them as believable, because we all have humor, no matter what level it is, we all use it every day, no matter what situation we're in, we'll try and have a bit of a laugh even if it goes wrong.

  

  Rhys Darby

• I haven't really ever had to audition for anything.

  

  Dawn French