Deborah Moggach Quotes
It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate, everything.
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He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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I remember in high school trying to get home from water-polo practice in time so I could see Happy Days on television when it first came on, because I was so blown away by it. It was just such a cool thing.
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I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
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My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.
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It is every intelligent man's experience that evildoing recoils on the doer sooner or later.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
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You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.
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We have to understand that content is king now. And it doesn't matter what the source of the content and where it's coming from, as long as it is workable.
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Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and some black people love white people. So you see it's not an issue of black and white, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend.
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Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.
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Deep down, I happen to be very shallow.
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I didn't aim at anything except good music.
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I do read all my work aloud as I'm working - this has made it a little hard to adjust to my husband's retirement. I can shout the shouty parts if I'm alone in the house, but of course, I feel a fool if someone is there to hear me.
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As the stylist, sometimes you see things that you love that don't work, and that's OK. That's why we have fittings!
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There are moral religious people and moral secular people, immoral religious people and immoral secular people.
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Wear things that make you happy because, I think, that really shines through. If you feel uncomfortable in something, then I don't think it ever really works.
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I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive.
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It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate, everything.
