Jane Horrocks Quotes
I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked.
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation, but the musicianship required is kind of insane. To actually play with real jazz musicians is a different level of musicianship that almost has no equal in any other form of music in the world.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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We need to see a Palestinian state.
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The devil made me do it.
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Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
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Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.
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It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment.
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All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
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I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
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I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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I am happy in Paris.
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Nobody really knows for sure who the Blue Blazer is, but like I said in my interview, there's a little bit of the Blue Blazer in each and every one of us.
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I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
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The condition of rage is one in which I find myself starting my day - once I see the news headlines.
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I can live without bread, but I can't live without freedom.
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Somebody once said to me, 'If you want to be understood, don't write fiction.'
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Every time I try to tell people things about my career, I wonder if that's the truth or something I'm fantasizing about.
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I use these senses - touch, sight, feel and smell - as triggers that invite readers or propel them into the scene. The trick is not to make it obvious. I've written an entire chapter about this in my book, 'The Successful Novelist.' I've lectured about it extensively, but have yet to see many people pick up on it.
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I got to travel around Anbar Province, had a great group of Marines who worked for me who traveled around Anbar Province. I got to hang out with a lot of different types of Marines and soldiers and sailors.
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The second [argument about motion] is the so-called Achilles, and it amounts to this, that in a race the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead.
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I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked.
