Paul Newman (Paul Leonard Newman) Quotes
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Whatever makes your head nod, that's want we want to give you.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.
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I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well!
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There are a bunch of images that are thrown in our faces all the time about what we're supposed to look like at 14, 15, 16. It's confusing. I think every woman can identify with that struggle.
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Cipla has a strong professional management team, and we take team decisions. My brother has been working at Cipla since 1973.
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I remember, when I was younger, it was such a big fantasy for me. Now that I actually have a career and have made an album, it's really surreal.
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I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.'
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The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.
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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it'll happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You'll have to figure that out for yourself!
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Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.
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I think I'm expected to behave in a certain manner.
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I played without fear. I've done that since I first kicked a ball in my back garden as a five-year-old, whether it's been my first game, my 100th game, or my 500th game.
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If we don't believe in moral absolutes and then we get into a cultural-political debate, how are we going to win?
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Election time is when you start to hear about 'average people,' 'working families,' 'patriotic Americans' and such.
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I have already done two Christmas films: 'Elf' and 'Four Christmases.' I guess I really am a sucker for Christmas. Both movies are really about the importance of family. I come from a brood of five kids, and it's the one time of year we can all get together. It's hands-down my favorite holiday.
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I think most people live in a space where they are looking for meaning in life and good in the world and that is not necessarily reflected in straight news coverage right now.
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Do you have to have a reason for loving?
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Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace.
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There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
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If you want more people to come to the theatre, don't put the prices at £50. You have to make theatre inclusive, and at the moment the prices are exclusive. Putting TV stars in plays just to get people in is wrong. You have to have the right people in the right parts. Stunt casting and being gimmicky does the theatre a great disservice. You have to lure people by getting them excited about a theatrical experience.
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The choice of roles as I grow older gets more and more limited, so if I pin myself to one kind of part I would get in trouble. So, these oddball ladies came along for me to do - I guess Terry Gilliam helped in this respect. I have found them more interesting, flashier and I get more mileage out of them.
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I'm like a good cheese. I'm just getting mouldy enough to be interesting.