Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
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My sister, mom and I all wear the same size, so I shop a lot at a boutique called 'my mother's closet' that is right down the hall from my bedroom. She has vintage Comme des Garcons dresses that I feel so elegant wearing.
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I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
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My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as a writer. It forced me to draw some conclusions that were my own.
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The reality is that it's harder to recruit pediatric subspecialists if you're not recruiting them for a children's hospital.
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I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war.
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A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a few months.
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Right now too much American time and resources are spent dealing with situations caused by our dependence on oil that we import from unstable countries.
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I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I love the folk-rock of the Seventies and the pop of the Eighties.
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At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.
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Time puts things in proper perspective.
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Obviously I will promote 'Vaalu.' It is my film. I am the lead actress in it; I play a major part, and I will promote the film.
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If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction.
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When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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The Yale group was doing the Harold. So by our senior year we were trying to do the Harold. Again, we had no idea what we were doing. We had one guy in the group who was pretty experimental; he would kind of push us to do weird things. It was really fun, a great experience.
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Dialogue is something I don't get a lot of on 'Game of Thrones.'
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When I listen to President Obama speak to and about women, he sometimes sounds too paternalistic for my taste.
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You men,' she says. 'You durn men.
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I'm one of those women who likes to chat and share knowledge and pass it around.
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Women hear rhythm differently than men.
