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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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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I still carry with me the same themes as always - I'm still compelled to present mystic ideas...
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Stock is everything in cooking, at least in French cooking. Without it, nothing can be done. If one's stock is good, what remains of the work is easy; if, on the other hand, it is bad or merely mediocre, it is quite hopeless to expect anything approaching a satisfactory result.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of my all-time favorite writers. I feel spiritual when reading his words, even though they're translated. I wish desperately that I could read it in its original language. I already feel like I'm going to church when I read him; imagine if I could read it in the original.
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Making art for me is not fun in the sense of la, la, la, la, but it's something that I find very absorbing and very satisfying.
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On the whole, a director who make the set a comfortable place to work is really important, whether it's a comedy or drama.
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Our greatest foreign policy problem is our divisions at home. Our greatest foreign policy need is national cohesion and a return to the awareness that in foreign policy we are all engaged in a common national endeavor.
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Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company.
