Bruce Oldfield Quotes
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More modern poetry is written than read.
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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I want a future where my children feel safe and appreciated and proud to be who they are. My heart is one with all the Arab Spring heroes, no matter how small they think their role is. I know they believe, like me, that we are working for a world whereby an Arab can live with the other in a respectful and dignified way.
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If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.
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If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I don't have any dream role. I give my 100% to every character I play, and when the film clicks, it automatically becomes a dream role.
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E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it's applicable to any other market.
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My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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The town of St. Charles near St. Louis was founded by a trapper named Blanchette. There is a section that's called Frenchtown on historical markers.
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What I so like about Poussin and Cezanne is their sense of organization. Ilike the way in which they develop space and shape in architecturalcontinuity - the rhythm across their paintings. When I paint a landscape, Iget the greatest pleasure out of composing it. As I paint, I try to work outa visual sonata form or a fugue, with realistic images.
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Terrible errors are rarely made all at once. Usually they are performed one small misstep at a time.
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I can control the weather with my moods. I just can’t control my moods.
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Stay small and control it yourself.
