Dorothy Fields Quotes
I don't care how good a song is - if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire.
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I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart. Something just wasn't quite right.
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There is an enormous shadow industry of scammers and amateurs who prey on aspiring writers, who divert people from the real publishing industry into this shadow world of vanity publishing and fee-charging agents.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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It's up to the audience. It always has been.
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I do a lot of visualisations and meditation and a lot of hippie stuff.
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When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!
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It's so great to see a woman dressed in jeans and a lace-up boot with an extraordinary jacket. It's a moment where you do want to mix high and low, and it's not so much about a head-to-toe designer look.
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I'm so lucky, I've been so successful, so much has come my way. I want to give back.
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Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
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I'm not a violent person.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.
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Every time I go to the market, Andy says, 'Don't forget the Triscuits!'
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John Brown was clearly flawed in real life. He did some terrible things, but he did some things none of us would have had the heart to do. His moral leanings were unquestionably admirable.
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Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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I would like a boyfriend. I'm a very happy person and it is the final, final piece of the puzzle. I'm looking for that shout-it-out-from-the-mountaintops, fall-in-love person.
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When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I was a little kid, I have been really into royals and aristocracy. So to make Lord more feminine, I just put an 'e' on the end! Some people think it's religious, but it's not.
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I don't care how good a song is - if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.
