Deborah Moggach Quotes
Men take much more notice of older women in France, so I might move there. I think I'm a good bet.
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Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.
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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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Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.
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I'll tell ya, when you open up that can of dab, it's always fresh.
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There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinary people's lives. I'd absolutely welcome the opportunity to show all political leaders what life is like for most people.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness. Even in the best-resourced countries in the world, this life expectancy gap is as much as 20 years. In the developing countries of the world, this gap is even larger.
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When I look back over my career, there was so much stress. And it was because of the business. It was always because of the business.
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I literally don't think about Oscar.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.
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The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter.
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I will not get very far with this attitude.
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I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!
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Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.
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The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.
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You have to be resilient.
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There might well have been an Irish great-great-grandfather of mine back then in the 1800s.
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One handy piece of equipment, which I recommend to any writer of fiction, is a set of Myriorama cards. I consult them frequently.
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Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
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As I get older, the things that I want are starting to make more sense. Being able to travel makes me happy, and I am a person that lives in the moment. I also want to live a good life. Traveling makes everyday issues seem so much smaller and really changes my perspective on things.
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If we affirm one moment, we thus affirm not only ourselves but all existence. For nothing is self-sufficient, neither in us ourselves nor in things; and if our soul has trembled with happiness and sounded like a harp string just once, all eternity was needed to produce this one event - and in this single moment of affirmation all eternity was called good, redeemed, justified, and affirmed.
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Men take much more notice of older women in France, so I might move there. I think I'm a good bet.
