Bruce Robinson Quotes
When I was writing 'Withnail,' I was so busted flat that I had one lightbulb that I would carry around the house with me. I mean, really. No furniture, no money, and I was hoping to be an actor, but I could never get a job.Bruce Robinson
Quotes to Explore
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You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.
Paris Hilton -
What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
Yahya Jammeh -
Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
C. V. Raman -
I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
Gayle Forman -
Writers should provoke disagreement.
V. S. Naipaul -
I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
Ralph Norman
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
Gary Weiss -
I've read science fiction my whole life. I never really dreamed that I'd be a published science fiction writer myself, but a short story I started years ago sort of demanded to be turned into a novel.
Ramez Naam -
As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
Walter Dean Myers -
Singles, whatever. But selling a million albums feels like an impossible thing to do.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and Arrows' and it was about a company based around the Stratford Festival.
Rachel McAdams -
The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
Damon Albarn Blur
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
Gail Sheehy -
I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry.
Iman -
If the constitution goes, I go.
Kamisese Mara -
Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
Zoe Saldana -
I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
Orson Welles -
We're playing the same songs, the same way, that we have for years.
Daisy Berkowitz
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In a world built on violence, one must be a revolutionary before one can be a pacifist.
A. J. Muste -
When I'm snowboarding, I just feel stronger and more flexible and more able to trust my instincts - because there are times when you really do have to be mindful with the jumps you're hitting and the conditions that you're riding in.
Jamie Anderson -
I have become quite good at repurposing and reusing much of what comes into the house. The goal is to generate as little waste as possible.
Anna Getty -
We can all get complacent. Especially when it comes to a job.
John Rampton -
When I was writing 'Withnail,' I was so busted flat that I had one lightbulb that I would carry around the house with me. I mean, really. No furniture, no money, and I was hoping to be an actor, but I could never get a job.
Bruce Robinson