Jim Broadbent Quotes
An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'
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It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm.
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I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk he has now been giving for some 16 years.
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I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me.
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The thought of going on tour with people like Toyah Wilcox is just appalling. I'm certainly not tempted.
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I wasn't naturally drawn to fashion when I was younger but with my work I'm so exposed to what's out there that I'm hoping my style has become a little more sophisticated.
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This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.
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For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.
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The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real.
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As an Ambassador for PSI and a supporter of Nothing But Nets, I have met individuals around the world who are lending their ideas, their voices, and their time to improve their communities and the world at large. And there are millions more that I have not met.
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That's another piece of advice: Don't go to college; follow your dreams. Unless you're a doctor - then go to college.
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Proteins are constantly being degraded. Therefore, simultaneous production of proteins is required.
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A weaker currency is a national tariff. After we get a weaker currency, we have to take advantage of that. Or else, we will waste it once more in inflation and in the inability to raise competitiveness.
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We can not underestimate the potential harm North Korea's capabilities can cause for the rest of the world.
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It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.
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When I first watched 'Coraline,' I thought, 'If that ever got adapted...' If it was done by real actors, I think that would be a really fun thing to do, just because it's a kind of whole new universe.
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But I think primarily, it's the fans that make this race.
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Women would all be better off if we realized we didn't have to choose between being an intelligent being and a sexual being.
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To relax, I work.
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The United States has the world's largest and most innovative economy, an unmatched rule of law, and a free market that is the envy of the international community. For investors, we are the reserve currency.
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There never seems to be enough hours in the day. At the moment I have no time to make new music because I've been doing so much promotion for this new single.
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An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'
