C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
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'Mama's Family' was kind of like everyone's guilty pleasure.
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When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
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Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.
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I really connect to strong feminist writers that make their ideas accessible for the rest of the world.
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I think that we've got a huge head start on things that are not easy to do: progressive streaming, to be able to stream in very high quality, even in an environment of highly variable bit rate, and to work on a big variety of devices seamlessly.
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Kevin Costner told me that 'True' was his and his wife's song. I'm not sure if that's a good thing because they split up soon after.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played.
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Miramax wanted the buzz to spread, but slowly, so people would be clamoring for it, ... Chicago.
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ACT UP was trying to explain to Americans that AIDS could affect all of us: that health care that ended once your disease was expensive could affect more than gay men with HIV or AIDS. We were trying to tell them about the future - a future they didn't yet see and would be forced to accept if they failed to act.
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Words are like untying a corset - you can move into this great space with them.
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I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences.
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Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.
