Philo Quotes
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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It's always an honor to represent your country.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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I like to go to Africa purely with something to do. I'm not very comfortable getting into an armor-plated Land Rover and going to see things, with my hand gel, you know, it's not me at all. So I like to hang out and you know, really get to know people and try and do something that resonates with them.
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I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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We would like a stable policy framework, and whatever incentives and tax structures are there should be made known to investors upfront. There should be credibility, clarity and continuity in both policy formulation and its implementation.
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My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I'm more of a tough girl, and I'm attracted to things that reflect that in my perfumes. That means sandalwood, musk, amber, and vanilla notes.
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We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'
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When I was on stage with the Spice Girls, I thought people were there to see the other four and not me.
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Geometry has two great treasures: one is the Theorem of Phythagoras, the other the division of a line in extreme and mean ratio. The first we can compare to a mass of gold; the other we may call a precious jewel.
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Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
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Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.
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Strive not for singularity in dress; Fools have the more and men of sense the less. To look original is not worth while, But be in mind a little out of style.
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My ball is in a bunch of fern, A jolly place to be; An angry man is close astern- He waves his club at me. Well, let him wave-the sky is blue; Go on, old ball, we are but two-We may be down in three, Or nine-or ten-or twenty-five-It matters not; to be alive, Is good enough for me.
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Bodies have men as their masters, souls their vices and passions.
