Penelope Wilton Quotes
I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it.
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
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Getting to perform at the Carlyle, following in the footsteps of women like Elaine Stritch, Barbara Cook, Christine Ebersole, Kelli O'Hara, and so many others, is nothing short of a dream come true.
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This country wants to laugh. We want to, and we need to. I'm happy to oblige.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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I don't take story input from fans.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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George W. Bush bought the election - period. End of story. There is no argument. You can try to come up with any argument you can, but there is none.
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Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it?
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Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.
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Holidays have been commercialized. It has become about material things. But the holidays are about sharing stories and being in each other's presence.
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We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
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The Obama administration's proposed nuclear deal with Iran endangers the security of our nation and our allies.
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For bees are captious folk / And quick to turn against the lubber's touch.
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Mandela drafted the M Plan, a simple, commonsense plan for organization on a street basis so that Congress volunteers would be in daily touch with the people, alert to their needs and able to mobilize them.
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There's nothing that scares me more than, like, being in the ocean by myself.
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I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.
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I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it.
