John Eccles Quotes
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I've never quite worked out how to do holidays. I've got a house in France which I suppose is a kind of holiday house. But it's really only so I can go on drawing when I get there. I'm never far away from the feeling that I want to be getting on with something.
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There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
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An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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I started making movies in the early '90s, a few years after I discovered 'the cinema' during a three month stay in Paris during which I watched 100s of films.
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Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
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For 11 years, I was mayor of Tirana, our capital. We faced many challenges. Art was part of the answer, and my name, in the very beginning, was linked with two things: demolition of illegal constructions in order to get public space back, and use of colors in order to revive the hope that had been lost in my city.
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I wear a lot of boyish stuff, but I prefer to throw a fur coat on top just for the hell of it.
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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
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If boomers were always looking to shock, millennials are eager to share.
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The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
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Al Qaeda is on the run, partly because the United States is in Afghanistan, pushing on al Qaeda, and working internationally to cut off the flow of funds to al Qaeda. They are having a difficult time. They failed in this endeavor.
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Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
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The government is also looking at further benefits including enhanced capital allowances; the use of Tax Incremental Finance; and extra help from UK Trade and Investment on inward investment and trade opportunities.
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The best prose is written by authors who see their universe with a poet’s eyes.
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My father was in law enforcement growing up. He was a probation officer. And I've always understood the point of view of the peace officer, you know, because of my dad.
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As under cover of departing Day Slunk hunger-stricken Ramazan away, Once more within the Potter's house alone I stood, surrounded by the Shapes of Clay.
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I decided, as a medical student, to devote myself to a study of the brain.
