George Herbert Quotes
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What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.
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What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in.
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People sometimes say, 'Oh, you were a movie star,' and I'm like, 'No, I was a supporting actress.' I wasn't an A-list actress, and I'm fine with that. I'm proud of what I did in film.
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Combine that with the fact that we only had one week to get everything taken care of and to get to know one another, whereas most shows get two weeks. It looked like we would never have a chance.
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I think fans always want something new, but they want somebody who can deliver - to go out there and really entertain them and have good matches.
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It turns out that if you're a 24-year-old whose only line on their resume says CEO, you are totally unemployable.
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Most people think I'm immodest.
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Three thousand, it's just a number. It's just a game.
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I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.
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Denounce me for advocating freedom if you can, and I will bear your curse with a better resignation.
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I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.
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I dress according to the requirement of the film, as a true actor. Off the camera, I'm just me. I have my preferences and my personal style. Before I step out, I look into the mirror just to confirm that my style is intact. Beyond this, it doesn't matter.
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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
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Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.
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People who hardly ever cook at all, suddenly at the holidays, feel like it's their responsibility to not only cook dinner for large groups of people suddenly, but to serve things that are fussy or fancy or formal. And I don't think that's what anybody really wants, especially if you're not good at it.
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I feel that I am pregnant by music, and it is the father and mother of my child.
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When I think of the books I love, there's always a little laughter in the dark.
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My biggest fear is death because I don't think I'm going anywhere. And since I don't think that, and I don't have a belief... I'm married to someone who has the belief, so she knows she's going somewhere.
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I get a bit quick-tempered sometimes.
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You will ask how I felt about spending so much time with people who supported the Hitler regime. I will tell you that, since I had absolutely no choice in the matter, I no longer dared to think about it. To be in Germany at that time, pretending to be an Aryan, meant that you automatically socialized with Nazis. To me, they were all Nazis, whether they belonged to the party or not. For me to have made distinctions at that time—to say Hilde was a “good” Nazi and the registrar was a “bad” Nazi—would have been silly and dangerous, because the good ones could turn you in as easily and capriciously as the bad ones could save your life.
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I hate going into a room with people in it and the feeling of them staring. I find every moment excruciating.
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I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.
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It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
