Penelope Wilton Quotes
I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.
Quotes to Explore
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Having companies like PotashCorp based in Saskatoon or Cameco based in Saskatoon that have worldwide presence but have the head office jobs, the head office managers and head office employees in your local economy are important from a job creation and wealth creation point of view.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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I just feel like whenever the team needs a bucket, I can come and get it. I feel I'm a really good scorer.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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People who don't know me sometimes call me 'Mademoiselle.'
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There were a lot of people dreaming about making films, and they would finance maybe 6 films a year. Because they were funded by the government, the films sort-of had to deal with serious social issues - and, as a result, nobody went to see those films.
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This created world really helped me as an actor. It heightened everything, which made it more dangerous, more interesting and more liberating.
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Many of us do not believe in capital punishment, because thus society takes from a man what society cannot give.
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The future is in our power. Let us, then, each morning, resolve to send the day into eternity in such a garb as we shall wish it to wear forever. And at night, let us reflect that one more day is irrevocably gone, indelibly marked.
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I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.
