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.
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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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I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
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It's really important to stand up for yourself and not always agree with what people say if indeed you don't feel that that's true.
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I'll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain.
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Stock market goes up or down, and you can't adjust your portfolio based on the whims of the market, so you have to have a strategy in a position and stay true to that strategy and not pay attention to noise that could surround any particular investment.
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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.
