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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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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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.
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Having grown up in Iceland and Los Angeles, gone to school in Europe and America, and lived and worked in London and New York, my insatiable appetite for travel has informed many of my life decisions.
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The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority.
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people.
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Which is why I am writing this book. To think. To understand. It just happens to be the way I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them.
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I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.
