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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Pleasure which must be enjoyed at the expense of another's pain, can never be enjoyed by a worthy mind. Pleasure's couch is virtues grave.
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People are always going to say stupid things, and you're always going to be able to make jokes about that, but it should be the last thing you add in, because it's the easiest thing.
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You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct.
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As an individual navigating this reality, you have to make choices to survive. Sometimes you happily work for free if it's something you love and believe in. I'm not categorically saying that working for free is bad. I'm just looking at the broader implications of it, and also challenge this idea - and again, this is an argument made by certain people in the tech world - that amateurs are automatically more pure and will triumph over stodgy professionals.
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I am going to work with Tom Daschle. And I'll work with the Republican leaders and the president to try and come up with something that we can all be proud of.
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I know people think I invented the Victoria sandwich, but I'm really not that old.
