George Henry Lewes Quotes
The air is crowded with birds - beautiful, tender, intelligent birds - to whom life is a song.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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As a working-class actor, leaving school with no qualifications, being a printer and then becoming an actor and then working with people who to a certain extent had had a leg up. I never had that advantage. It's less an artistic need to express myself and more a need to prove myself.
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I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.
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Hong Kong girls have a genius sense of style. I came back to the States thinking no one here has any individuality. Or cute enough socks.
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I have always loved fashion since I was a kid and customized my school uniforms.
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As a player, you just want to focus on controlling the controllables.
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It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.
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I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top.
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Some players get over-dependable on their coaches.
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Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.
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I'm not really one for fancy, big words and poetry, and the scriptwriters worked very hard on 'Paradise Lost' to translate it.
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The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself, and you become isolated.
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Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.
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In essence, science is a perpetual search for an intelligent and integrated comprehension of the world we live in.
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What I'm saying is, 'Look, life is a long thing, and I don't need enemies. I need friends just like Donald Trump.'
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I like the superhero comic books, and I like to see what the actors do creatively with the characters and how they bring these superheroes to life in the movies.
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I like to do drama, something about life that could be disappointing.
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Time is the capital of your life, so spend it wisely.
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The air is crowded with birds - beautiful, tender, intelligent birds - to whom life is a song.
