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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(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.
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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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In this digital age, there is no place to hide behind public relations people. This digital age requires leaders to be visible and authentic and to be able to communicate the decisions they've made and why they've made them, to be able to acknowledge when they've made a mistake and to move forward, to engage in the debate.
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Few of them were to be trusted within reach of a trowel and a pile of bricks.
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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 have a strong opinion that a genuine love of books is one of the greatest blessings of life for man and woman.
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I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it’s there. It’s mapped out for me.
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I knew that I would be making music for my whole life; as far as how many people respond to it, you can't plan for that.
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People have always thought of me as someone who's very classical, when in fact I've led a rather unconventional life.
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The air is crowded with birds - beautiful, tender, intelligent birds - to whom life is a song.
