Mel Smith Quotes

I never met Barbara Cartland. But now that I'm working on her life, I wish I had. I think there was a lot of pathos in it and I'm intrigued by her.

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• Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
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• Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.

  

  Wally Schirra
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• I think George Bush is the most dangerous man in the world.

  

  Ted Turner
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• I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.

  

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• When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?

  

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• I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.

  

  Halsey
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• As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.

  

  Taiye Selasi
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• Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

  

  Fletcher Knebel
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• I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.

  

  Rachel Cusk
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• I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.

  

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• I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.

  

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• Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
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• I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.

  

  Ed Oxenbould
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• Cussing ain't for everybody.

  

  Eric Lynn Wright
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• Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.

  

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• Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day.

  

  Garry Trudeau
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• There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.

  

  Saint Ambrose
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• Until 'Moonlight,' I had never seen one black man cook for another on screen. But I wanted the characters to be free of 'groundbreaking' or 'never before.' We were ascribed those things. They weren't the point.

  

  Barry Jenkins
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• When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.

  

  Cameron Sinclair
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• Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Life
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• The recognition of the law of the cause and effect, also known as karma, is a fundamental key to understand how you've created your world, with actions of your body, speech and mind. When you truly understand karma, then you realize you are responsible for everything in your life. It is incredibly empowering to know that your future is in your hands.

  

  Keanu Reeves
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• The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

  

  Lord Byron

• But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.

  

  William Cowper
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• I never met Barbara Cartland. But now that I'm working on her life, I wish I had. I think there was a lot of pathos in it and I'm intrigued by her.

  

  Mel Smith
  • Life
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