Jennifer Ehle Quotes
What's the point of doing a brilliant Hedda Gabler in my back garden if no one will ever see it?
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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As long as there is cash, and the economy is running, all is well. But as a bank, we'll have to test, experiment, try a hundred different things. A few may work, a few may fail, but we have to experiment and try.
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Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
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On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
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I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
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I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment.
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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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If I say 'Find me an interesting painting' to Google, someday a robot could go around the Picasso museum and take a picture for me.
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The VA does a lot of good things, but determining if a firm is a small business is not one of them.
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Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man - there's your diamond in the rough.
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War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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My comedy isn't going to solve problems; I'm not that deep.
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Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.
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If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.
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Fiscal discipline is a priority in Romania, and we have already proven we are committed and able to make real progress in this area.
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I am a person who holds the aesthetic high. I have suits made in Savile Row.
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I like shows where, like, there's a team that they're against the world.
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In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.
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Obama's the most thoughtful-sounding president I can remember. He seems to be saying what he wants to say, and that is a great relief. He always sounds like he's thinking about what he's saying while he's saying it, and that's a rare thing in politicians.
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At Roden Crater, I was interested in taking the cultural artifice of art out into the natural surround. I wanted the work to be enfolded in nature in such a way that light from the sun, moon and stars empowered the spaces. I wanted to bring culture to the natural surround as if one was designing a garden.
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What's the point of doing a brilliant Hedda Gabler in my back garden if no one will ever see it?
