Pierce Brosnan Quotes
When you go through a long illness, certainly one of cancer, there's a certain release from it and relief that it has come to an end, because the suffering can be unbearable, as opposed to an abrupt stop to life when they go out the door and there's a loved one who never comes home because of some accident.
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Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
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I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
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I act for love. I give it my all. I would probably still do it even if I wasn't paid at all. But in terms of equal pay, I need to be paid the same as the guy who has equal billing with me. Otherwise, I won't do it. Because if you accept less, you're just letting everyone else down and continuing the cycle.
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It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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If I don't create, I don't exist.
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I just started making Bloody Marys. I always thought they looked gross, then I tasted one. There's an art to it, from the Tabasco to the Worcestershire.
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I have to have a cheat day. I know when I'm being good all week long that come Sunday, I'm going to lie by the pool, have a drink, and eat some pizza.
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My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.
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I hope to do big action movies and strong dramas, and to produce films. I also want to get kids more involved in what's going on in the world and to be politically active.
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I like to tread uncharted territory and push myself in terms of performance.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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I have been fighting to protect women's healthcare and reproductive rights for decades.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I've worked in construction, in a factory sewing clothes. I also sold flowers and doughnuts - just odd jobs to try to make 10 pesos, which is equivalent to 20 cents.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling ourselves, then maybe everyone else will.
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I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.
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The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
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Love can't conquer anything. Love can't make a scholar into a warrior. Loving her can't make her love me.
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When you go through a long illness, certainly one of cancer, there's a certain release from it and relief that it has come to an end, because the suffering can be unbearable, as opposed to an abrupt stop to life when they go out the door and there's a loved one who never comes home because of some accident.
