Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes
Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company.
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Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
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What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me.
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To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
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'Twin Peaks' fans, it's a hardcore group of people.
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I do not cook.
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Successful ventures in business or philanthropy are built around great teams who can help us overcome tremendous challenges - and have the right experiences and relationships to do so.
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I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.
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The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes.
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
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My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies.
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I see only defects because I'm not following the scene as it were. I'm not following the other person. It's like the best thing to clarify this is the theater.
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I never wanted to be a playwright.
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We don't give importance to Page 3 or to appear at all the events. Our focus is on our kids and our home.
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I've never really been met with indifference, where they say, 'Who cares?' I think that's what good art is supposed to do. It's not supposed to make you feel good about your own prejudices and your own values; it's supposed to open you up in some way and get you outraged or make you happy or make you sad or whatever it's going to do.
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I come from a mixed family, where my mother is art house cinema and my father is B-movie genre cinema. They're estranged, and I've been trying to bring them together for all of my career to one degree or another.
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UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life.
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A lot of times, in the beginning of my career, I put pressure on myself just because I wanted to perform so well. I just wanted to be perfect.
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It's just hard to have a nuanced discussion with like a thousand people, 30 of which are white-power skinheads.
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Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be reprehended: If defective let it be amended, but not suffered to be trampled upon whilst it has an existence.
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The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.
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When you know that you have to flirt with someone, when you have a date or that you're looking for someone to love or for someone to love you back, you always try to show something better than yourself. Because you want to show off, obviously, you want to show the best side of you. Instead, when you have nothing to lose, you're just yourself. And maybe this is the best part, when another person can fall in love with you.
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Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.
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Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company.
