Penelope Wilton Quotes
In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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My whole life, people have been saying, Why are you so angry?
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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'Pong' is simply a knockoff of the Odyssey Ping-Pong game.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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I faced many ups and downs, like any other actor: not getting through auditions or even worse - getting shortlisted and not being selected. Most actors go through the process.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
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The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.
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The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests.
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A good hair day is when my curls are popping. Sometimes my curls and waves, they like to go a little wild sometimes. They have a mind of their own. But some days, they just fall right into place.
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I don't know why people have divided the whole world into two groups, west and east. Education is neither eastern nor western. Education is education and it's the right of every human being.
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I like that the 'Underworld' series created a whole other world that's totally different yet familiar to our own.
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I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.
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The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Michael, though he wasn't admitting it, wasn't sure how to shoot the scene.
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I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-new. It's hard.
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Their guilt made me eloquent because I was not its victim.
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I thank God that I'm a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I'm grateful that I know where I come from.
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I'm 100 percent a byproduct of my sport. I always tell my teammates that I only have muscles where they get to play.
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In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America.
