Bonnie Langford Quotes
The pushy showbiz kid thing was always the performance, not the person. I'm very solitary. I don't like socialising.
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My dad grew up with an avocado tree in his backyard. My entire family, my wife and daughters, they love avocado. I may well be allergic. It makes me physically sick.
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I love music; I come from a region of Kurdistan that is a base for music.
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But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
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Even if you're happy with the life you've chosen, you're still curious about the other options.
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Get yourself into every audition that you can. Even in those for smaller roles, you'll never know when someone may recommend you for a bigger one.
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I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and exploration, just to survive. Otherwise I feel like I'm falling asleep, like I'll go crazy if I don't do it.
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Since I was from the theater, that's how I learned how to go through the process of being a character. That's how I learned, and that's what I was comfortable doing. And then, the first feature films, I'm sure I was no fun because I did not want to be spontaneous in that filmic way that really can work for you.
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Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races.
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The things that make me happy most are my family and working.
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Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight.
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Obviously there's a lot more to a TV show than just a book... I think adaptations are a bit tricky for the screenwriters because they're worried about upsetting the author.
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I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that's travelled.
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Just because you're passionately interested in something doesn't mean it has to be your career. You might have to look for more than one passion. Some passions may afford a career and some may not.
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I adore recipes that make use of one cut of meat or a whole animal to create a complex dish, loaded with flavour.
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The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!
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You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.
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You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.
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I was never a Democrat. I went from Republican to Maoist and then back again.
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I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.
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There's nothing he did wrong. No blame is pointed at him whatsoever.
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Eudora Welty's 'A Curtain of Green' had an enormous effect on me. But my early attempts to graft stories from the Deep South onto North of England provincialism were not successful. All were rejected.
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If a little black girl in Montgomery, Alabama, or some far-reaching region sees something that I do and aspires to do it one day with the knowledge that she can achieve it, then hey, my work is done.
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What is past is prologue.
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The pushy showbiz kid thing was always the performance, not the person. I'm very solitary. I don't like socialising.
