Phyllida Lloyd Quotes
It was extraordinary to experience 'Mamma Mia!' What an injection of good spirit and heart it was.
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If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.
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When you're a child, it's easy to see school as the worst thing in the world. It's only later in life you realise what a wonderful time it was. Looking back, I can't believe I even wanted to leave.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent.
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Can you imagine what will happen to the global economy if Iran comes out with a nuclear weapon? The whole area will enter a nuclear race - Saudi Arabia, Turkey.
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In rock 'n' roll it's really about being as vulnerable as possible and giving them what they want. But onstage it's about pausing, about internal life, it's about internal triggers - that's one of the reasons I'm really challenged to do a play.
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Social business lies in the spectrum of possibility between the traditional, profit-maximizing business, which directs little to no profit to doing good, and the traditional charity, which relies mostly on donations to sustain itself.
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Follow your heart and chase your dreams until you catch them. Negative people who say you cant do something are only speaking for themselves
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I never really ate greens, what I always did do was I always ate peanut butter and honey and I ate it all day. There's not much nutritional value in that. I just love peanut butter and I love honey so I just put them together.
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It was extraordinary to experience 'Mamma Mia!' What an injection of good spirit and heart it was.
