Jane Asher Quotes
It makes me upset, if not angry, when people assume that there can be no morality without a religious framework. If there's a moral framework without all that religious stuff, it's more valuable.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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I love bayou life.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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Glamour is fun! Spending time to get ready isn't about being fussy; it's about taking care of myself.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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The mass of workers, as yet non-Socialist, is retarded in its development towards Socialism.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.
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I wanted to be an academic when I was 19 or 20. But, I've gone off that idea. The lifestyle is kind of lonely and isolated. I don't think that would suit me.
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.
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You're stuck in front of the microphone. You can't use your hands. I like to do things.
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My days are gone a-wandering.
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Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.
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I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases.
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Some times you lose more than you win. It's about handling losses and trying to turn them into positives. You get out into the big leagues and there's a period of adjustment to be made. You've got to handle it.
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It makes me upset, if not angry, when people assume that there can be no morality without a religious framework. If there's a moral framework without all that religious stuff, it's more valuable.
