Jacqueline du Pre Quotes
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Until you've been to Cannes, it's hard to describe to someone the magnitude of that festival.
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We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care about preservation, but the majority care about discoveries.
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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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I owe it all to Jesus.
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The U.S. is the last country that should see itself as an ally of the apartheid system.
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Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business.
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I'm quite physical. I'm from one of those dog-walking families where hiking up a mountain is meant to be fun.
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It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.
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People think of teachers who are born to teach, and you think of all these charismatic folks. Some of the most successful teachers are some of the least charismatic, interestingly. But they have a gift of figuring out what motivates people.
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I jokingly say if there was one great thing about, you know, the Lebanese Civil War was that it forced me to read.
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Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.
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The worst thing that we could do is raises taxes. It would only hurt the economy.
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Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.
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I do think that it's extremely important with this character show her assuming power with a great deal of grace, and find out how to do things she won't like - the things she's called upon to do.
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I am disappointed because nobody is talking about food and agriculture. They're talking about the diets of children, but they're talking about Band-Aids. We're not seeing a vision.
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I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn't expect it to be a career because I didn't believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn't feel particularly lucky.
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One word is too often profaned For me to profane it; One feeling too falsely disdained For thee to disdain it.
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Playing lifts you out of yourself into a delirious place.
