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I have always wanted to play Sweeney in 'Sweeney Todd.'

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• Twenty-six years ago, I became the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right. I was the first, but I made sure I wasn't the only.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Woman
  • First
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• The key to U.N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U.N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and what it can't be.

  

  Samantha Power
  • Giving
  • Picture
  • Key

• For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.

  

  Felicity Kendal
  • Important
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  • Laugh

• I got through college.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • College
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• The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.

  

  Karl Liebknecht
  • You
  • Law
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• Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.

  

  Jack Gleeson
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• I never said I wanted to be a lead actress; I never said I wanted to be a film actress. This need to trump everyone bewilders me. I'm only 25. I'm not better than anyone. I just want to watch other people and learn to be good.

  

  Carey Mulligan
  • People
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• I had thought about becoming a civil rights lawyer, but I gave it up.

  

  Kate Thompson
  • Up
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• I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous '89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part.

  

  O. J. Simpson
  • Life
  • Famous
  • Fight

• I didn't grow up a huge fan of the Western genre because there was never a female character to relate to or look up to.

  

  Haley Bennett
  • Up
  • Character
  • Grow

• The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.

  

  Ibrahim Babangida
  • Work
  • Long
  • Bed

• Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it's about love, integrity, and respect.

  

  Pat Gillick
  • Work
  • Respect
  • Talent

• They were two and beautiful and wanted to be something else; love delayed itself to them in the tedium of the future, and regret of what would happen to be was already being the daughter of the love they hadn't had.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • Future
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  • Daughter

• 'Give,' said the little stream, 'Give, oh give, give, oh give,'As it hurried down the hill.'I am small, I know, but wherever I go The fields grow greener still.'

  

  Fanny Crosby
  • Small

• Art is not made to decorate rooms. It is an offensive weapon in the defense against the enemy.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Art
  • Enemy

• Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse,- Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another, Learn'd and fair and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.

  

  Ben Jonson
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• It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.

  

  Jane Austen
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• If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights. Art is a little bit larger than life - it's an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness.

  

  Laurence Olivier
  • Life
  • Art
  • Mad

• 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.

  

  Paddy Considine
  • People
  • Art
  • Soul

• We don't hate the media, it's just that when there's too much of it we get bored, but it happens to every human being. I don't think we even hated the media by the time that movie was made. We were just tired.

  

  Ed O'Brien Radiohead
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• When one guy undermines the other, it only causes trouble, and the team isn't successful. It's very important for both of us to accept our role and help the team. One guy can get hot, and if that's Alex, I'll support him and help any way I can.

  

  Ed Belfour
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  • Help
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• I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was for me. I know that's true for a lot of budding musicians out there - that's the thing that gets them inspired, is trying to learn their favorite songs. I think it's a great way to teach yourself.

  

  Susanna Hoffs
  • Great
  • Trying
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• If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path.

  

  Fran Drescher
  • Knowledge
  • Path
  • Garden

• I have always wanted to play Sweeney in 'Sweeney Todd.'

  

  Jason Alexander