Phyllida Lloyd Quotes
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I needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together.
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Fulfilling your mission is one thing; vision is another, and having a commitment to something leads you to do better work.
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When you appear on the screen, often enough you become sexy, even if you look like an elephant.
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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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I love dogs. I have a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.
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Directing is too hard, it takes too much time, and it doesn't pay very well.
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I will announce some of the tombs I found next to the great pyramid of Khufu. One is an intact tomb that I have not opened yet.
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It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?
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I had arrived years ago in Paris and just wanted to be famous, fast. When you're pretentious like that, and you think you've planned everything perfectly, it's then that everything goes in the opposite way.
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To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned with the quantity than with the quality of our democracy.
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Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed.
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I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.
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Dark matter is interesting. Basically, the universe is heavier than it should be. There's whole swathes of stuff we can't account for.
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The stream of civilisation flows on like a river: it is rapid in mid- current, slow at the sides, and has its backwaters. At best, civilisation advances by spirals.
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We have to be careful not to look for confidence in the acceptance of others because true confidence only comes from knowing God.
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I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point.
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Police have to have one of the most difficult jobs in society today. But at the same time, I think, a person in that position - their responsibility has to be high as well.
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Ownership is a very complex judicial concept.
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Take as an example the wisdom of Joseph and his submission. Do battle in chastity and service until you make yourself a king (cf. Gen. 41).
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You can't take it on that you're responsible for somebody else's well-being, but you can be positive and bring them up.
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You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.
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The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies.
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My frustrated days are over. I'm too old to be frustrated, ... All I can do is work to get better. I think I've been tested for situations like this. I'm not going to say it's not a concern, but it's not the end of the world. I know it's going to get better.
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In London, it's quite a rarefied activity to be on an analyst's couch.
