Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.
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I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.
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I have problems with YouTube and things like that, when you catch it mid production. If I'm doing a show and I'm working on a bit and someone's there with a phone, they record it and put it online - it's not the finished product.
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I still feel like I'm alone at times - even if I'm in the midst of a million people. Because no one - including me - understands my mind creatively. I haven't really been formally introduced to my gift yet. I feel like I'm still on the runway.
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I tell my students based on my experiences in Hollywood, sure, you can always move to L.A. and try to work with the system, and people do that, but chances are if you want your story in film with characters of color, you will have to make that movie yourself. Find a way to make it yourself. Not just screenwriters, but also producers.
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In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind.
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He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.
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I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.
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Being away from home for six months of the year and seeing your kids grow up on Skype all that time - I think I saw Molly walk for the first time on Skype. That's not good.
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
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We ended up realizing that's not an economical way to create creatures, putting people in green leotards and figuring it out later. You can maybe do that if you're making 'Avatar,' but we need to know what the creatures look like before we turn on the camera.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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I think 'Trial & Retribution' as a brand can go on forever. Its joy is that it has, to an extent, a formula, which gives a comfort routine for viewers. But we allow our directors total autarchy in putting their personalities on their stories.
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I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.
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When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance.
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In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents - those constantly striving for betterment - have any hope of surviving.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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In a world where I have to hide my heart and what I believe in. But somehow I will show the world what's inside.
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The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.
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Just because people count you out and don't give you any love ... how about making them all fools?
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I don't want to be just somebody short who happens to act. I hope my legacy will be Warwick Davis, Actor.
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Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.
