Donald Sinden Quotes

I remember once saying in a television interview that the only things I hadn't been in were the opera and the ballet. Two days later, I got a call from Lord Harewood, of the English National Opera, saying "Would you like to be in 'Ariadne auf Naxos?'"

Donald Sinden

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• Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.

  

  Karolina Kurkova
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• As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn't as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be.

  

  Ian Mcewan
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• I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.

  

  Abbey Clancy
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• My brother Joseph, who is 14 years older than me, was already on his national military compulsory service when I was 4 years old, the age from which I remember myself.

  

  Aaron Ciechanover
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• When I started acting, there were parts in English that I thought I just had to try it out and go to another country. I did a film in Ireland. It was my first film abroad.

  

  Carice van Houten
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• You either get better, or you don't progress.

  

  Lance Reddick
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• Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.

  

  Karen Kain
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• I have to remember for every kid saying something awful, there's a kid saying something great.

  

  Halsey
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• I remember I got an ALMA award for an actor being on three shows simultaneously.

  

  Ian Gomez
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• I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.

  

  B. B. King
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• Growing up in San Diego, I can remember going with my brother to see bands like Pennywise and NOFX - good punk bands that were fast and tight.

  

  Vic Fuentes
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• I remember as a kid watching one of the Olympic games, and I was cheering for a big track athlete. He was the favorite to win, and he lost. I realized in that moment the pain he felt was so much greater than the pain that those who never thought they were going to win would have felt had they lost.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
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• Most of my family doesn't speak English. It's so important for the baby. He's going to know all his American roots, but he also needs to know about his Brazilian side.

  

  Camila Alves
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• English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different.

  

  Bai Ling
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• I definitely think being a young girl, there's a time where - like when you're in middle school or when you first start liking boys - you don't really feel comfortable. You remember that time when you first got your period, or when your boobs started coming in, that you were like, 'This is weird.' You have to grow into yourself.

  

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• I was very young during 'Chachi 420' and don't remember much now.

  

  Fatima Sana Shaikh
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• Seventh and eighth grade? That's the worst. I think it's the lowest point of life. All I remember is painful acne and terrible clothes. And lots of getting dumped.

  

  Sam Jaeger
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• I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.

  

  Hakeem Olajuwon
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• When I was around 12 or so, I saw 'The Shining.' I just remember that being a turning point for me, where I started to think about the fact that there was a hand behind the film. That it wasn't just this magical story being told - there were actual people crafting these films, and they were works of art.

  

  Lee Unkrich
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• First, just because God took a rib from Adam to make Eve would not mean that all of Adam's male descendants would have one less rib. Remember, it's our genes that determine how many ribs a person will have... Second, remember from your biology that ribs 'regenerate.' In other words, Adam would've had his missing rib back quite quickly.

  

  Ken Ham
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• Marine Le Pen belongs to her generation, I belong to mine. I got into politics for Marine Le Pen and with her as party leader.

  

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• Oh yeah, I know Johnnie Bassett. We were part of that whole thing.

  

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• I remember once saying in a television interview that the only things I hadn't been in were the opera and the ballet. Two days later, I got a call from Lord Harewood, of the English National Opera, saying "Would you like to be in 'Ariadne auf Naxos?'"

  

  Donald Sinden
  • Remember
  • English
  • Ballet