Mary Berry Quotes
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.
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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
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When you're never home and traveling, you don't play videogames.
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Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.
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If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.
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For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.
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I really like reaching out and seeing the audience - they're potential audiences! And on occasion I can make them excited about going to the theater again, if they've ceased or gone less.
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Now I'm going to show a side of me I haven't shown before. I'm going to be fierce.
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Generally, there are no lightning bolts or magical signs that tell you when it is time to get divorced. When the bad starts outweighing the good on a consistent basis, you may feel that taking the next step is appropriate. It is a very personal decision and most likely should be arrived upon with the help of some kind of counseling or support.
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Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
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New York is so serious about the creation of work. Everything is happening so fast, it feels like there's another studio, another session on every block, and I love that.
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One thing you learn doing magic tricks for a living is how close every performance of every magic trick is to disaster. There are no robust magic tricks. They're all hanging from a thread - sometimes literally.
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People say I manipulate the media. Well, duh. We live in a media culture, so why on earth wouldn't I?
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For people who are displaced, you can reconstruct the story of your life from the objects you have access to, but if you don't have the objects then there are holes in your life. This is why people in Bosnia - if anyone was running back into a burning house, it was to salvage photos.
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I know people think I invented the Victoria sandwich, but I'm really not that old.
