Umberto Eco Quotes
It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.
Quotes to Explore
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Snobbery just inhibits you.
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I did feel pressure to look a certain way on 'Hollyoaks.' But I just had to stay strong and not let myself get into a state of mind that isn't healthy.
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.
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Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
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If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing - anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really. It's so, look at me. Do you know what I mean? But I love women.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.
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The major violence now is because of a plethora, explosion almost, of rebel groups, all of whom oppose the government, and they're fighting each other, strangely precipitated by the fact that the United Nations and African Union has now planned peace talks.
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What I like about graduation speeches is that they're an opportunity for someone to make sense of their life and to impart that wisdom to someone else. It's like a sanctioned self-help moment.
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I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and '85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do.
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I've always approached television from a little more cinematic perspective, if not a much more cinematic perspective because of the shows I have been fortunate enough to work on.
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It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.
