Brenda Blethyn Quotes
I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good.
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I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.
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Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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I do not connect fashion to elegance. Elegance is in the wilderness, and fashion is in the domestic.
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Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.
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I would rather be lying in a bed than changing one.
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When I go from a role with heavy prosthetic makeup, which I've done quite a bit of as well, and then do a role where I'm not wearing any, I have to be conscious of toning everything down.
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I have a little dictaphone and if a sound takes my fancy or if a lyric comes to me in the middle of the night I'll just record it there and then.
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I've lived with boys and girls, and I find that boys are generally cleaner than girls. Generally! This is a big generalization!
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You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did.
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Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.
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I think what's really important is to challenge yourself. You can very easily fall into the rut of, 'We know it works! We'll use that old chestnut.'
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My films often have a spiritual dimension which comes from my Muslim background, and I'm happy to tackle that in cinema.
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These are the poems of a traveler and a lover who feels both the terror of time passing and the consolation of eternity. From such tension spring lovely poetic objects, ready for intelligent use.
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When I left Chicago, people said, 'Careful with that Texas heat'. I'm like, 'I'm from Puerto Rico. I know heat.'
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I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good.
