Brenda Blethyn Quotes
Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre.
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Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.
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There are times, especially when I was just getting into PC gaming, where I spent way less time playing than obsessing about the quality of the play.
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If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They sang with such passion and conviction. By the time I turned 15, I had plucked up the courage to ask if I could join the group. Acapella is a different discipline from singing with an accompaniment - it is much more exposed.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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I knew what normalcy was, and I wasn't having it.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.
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There are lots of things I am not good at. I'm not that good a singer. And I'm a good dad but a lousy husband because I work far too much and am not at home as much as I would like.
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I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.
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Zeroing in on the best sectors or the best regions of the world is great, but zeroing in on the very best individual stocks is the key to making truly impressive profits.
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I am going to get world-wide recognition from whoever wants it, and whoever wants to challenge me.
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A gaffe in Washington is when a politician inadvertently reveals the truth, especially about himself.
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... wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity.
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Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre.
