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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As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
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I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.
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The thing I try to tell people who are just starting in the business is to listen to yourself, trust yourself, and be kind to yourself. And do the work to cultivate who you are and what your point of view is. Don't try to be like anybody else. That's what will make you an interesting artist.
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I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
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Long before 'American Idol', people used to call me a diva. And I be like, 'Hold on, are you calling me something else on the sly? You gonna call me a diva, call me a good diva.'
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Tolstoy may not be showing that much of Russia at that time even. It's hard to tell. You tend to associate the quality of the period with what's lasted - what's still good. And that quality becomes the whole period.
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It was extraordinary to experience 'Mamma Mia!' What an injection of good spirit and heart it was.
