Maurice Flanagan Quotes
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My daughter, Lila, is my style critic. She'll say, 'No, Mummy, you can't wear that.' She's very good. I do trust her instinct.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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If I grew up in 'da hood,' it would make my story so much more interesting - if I had something to escape from. I had a pretty good life. My parents weren't rich; they weren't poor. I wasn't trying to escape from anything. It was always just the pursuit of something cooler.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I think those are the things that win women over.
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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.
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I don't operate under threats. Full stop. I don't. I don't buckle to pressure.
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I think feeling bitter or angry is really useless.
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But I've worked where they've had animals before, and animal wranglers, the people who raise animals and train animals for films and television, they're all very, very professional.
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Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs.
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I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I haven't done comedy or as much Shakespeare as I had intended.
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I don't want to be a didactic voice. I like to ask more questions than I answer, just to get people thinking and to make it safe to access art.
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You come to me and it's my job to make you look the best you can look. From an image point of view, would I prefer to dress Jude Law instead of Rolf Harris? Of course. But it's my job to make them both look great.
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I don't want to make niche-oriented music.
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I don't think there's any show comparable to 'Game of Thrones' in terms of the way it does the fantasy element to such a high standard: everything is created with so much care and detail. You really feel like you are transported into this entirely other fictional place.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.
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The people that go on 'American Idol' do want some recognition and fame.
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I try not to read acting books any more, but they set a high bar for me very early on.
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Sometimes, being a feminist artist, there are times where I'm in a position where I just want to feel like I'm saying all the right things politically, or I feel like I have to mention my own project over other people's projects. But I don't do that anymore. I just want to be off the cuff and honest.
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I spent my whole adolescence, when you just want to be accepted, looking much younger than everyone else.
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In the 1970s, the scare was about global cooling.
