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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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've done quite a few big American films.
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The thing is, it's that Detroiters are hard workers. We've always been hard workers, even when times are down. I've been able to take that with me, that work ethic, to help me build my career.
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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As a kid, I'd get up at 3 in the morning during school vacations to help my father on his bakery-truck route. He didn't get a vacation from that schedule.
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I was a college student in 1989 when I participated in the demonstration at Tiananmen Square. I was one of the organizers.
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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.
