Jane Asher Quotes
The rehearsal time is almost my favourite part of being an actress, particularly if you're working on a play that hasn't been done before.
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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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No one wants to hear the truth if it isn't what they want to hear.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitations of your imagination.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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There was never any question that I would go to college, that I would travel, that I would go to the theater early and often.
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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Horseback riding is my passion. Other than work. People can't imagine me getting dirty, but that's what I love about it.
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I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
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Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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Monks throng like a kennel of pups from disputing with the masters who instruct them whether the run of the wind is one, or one the ocean's waters or one the spark of fire - an illimitable clamour.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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I love 19th century fiction and, in particular, fiction written by and about women.
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Both Plockton and the Isle of Muck in north-west Scotland are incredibly beautiful. Sadly, Plockton has been discovered by tourists because it's where they shot Hamish Macbeth.
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Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
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The rehearsal time is almost my favourite part of being an actress, particularly if you're working on a play that hasn't been done before.
