Michael Ashcroft Quotes
We spent too much time attacking Gordon Brown and Labour rather than setting out our own plans. People had decided they wanted change - the thing they were not sure about was the alternative we were offering, so going on and on about Labour missed the point.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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I love books.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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It's unfair to think that we can do what we do with the intensity that we do it and expect injuries to not happen.
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When people say, 'If you could do anything else, what would you do?' I would be an actress. That's something that I would do - I can't see myself doing anything else.
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Tell your wife often how terrific she looks.
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When you're on set, the crew are like your family because you see them every day, six days a week.
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Kids have always play-fought, but I think my generation had a particularly privileged cultural fantasy surrounding military violence.
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I don't think artists are made, I think they're born.
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I'm trying to write books that taste like ice cream but have the nutrition of vegetables.
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I worked on a farm for a little bit.
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What we really mean by free will... is the visualizing of alternatives and making a choice between them. ...the central problem of human consciousness depends on this ability to imagine.
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One should always avoid unnecessary unhappiness. Especially if one is an immortal. They taught us that in school.
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There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them.
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I've always been involved in the visual aspect of my work, and moreover, it's very important in days where technology allows us to push the boundaries even more than when I started out.
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We spent too much time attacking Gordon Brown and Labour rather than setting out our own plans. People had decided they wanted change - the thing they were not sure about was the alternative we were offering, so going on and on about Labour missed the point.
