Tilda Swinton Quotes
I think there's a dishonorable tradition in Hollywood to give the idea, particularly to children, that evil characters are dark.
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I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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I look formidable.
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I've been lucky because Hollywood can be harsh and try to pigeonhole you. I've done TV, films, and comedy, done it all... I think I'm spread out evenly among the film community. I've been lucky and keep working with great actors.
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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
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Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark.
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Integrating breakthrough technology into everyday products is always a challenge; at the same time, this is exactly how design makes tech products easily adoptable in life.
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The left-brainer and the economist in me says watch what people do, not what they say.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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I have a record I love, 'Limbo,' which is very catchy.
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While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope.
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I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.
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I believe that the most urgent need of parents today is to instill in our children a moral vision: what does it mean to be a good person, an excellent neighbor, a compassionate heart? What does it mean to say that God exits, that He loves us and He cares for us? What does it mean to love and forgive each other? Parents and caregivers of children must play a primary role in returning our society to a healthy sense of the sacred. We must commit to feeding our children’s souls in the same way we commit to feeding their bodies.
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The Jews detests the spirit of the nation in the midst of which they live.
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Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women's rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.
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Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro.
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I've been everywhere man. I'm from L.A., though.
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I think there's a dishonorable tradition in Hollywood to give the idea, particularly to children, that evil characters are dark.
