Helen McCrory Quotes
I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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There are a million great books out there if you just go to Google. There's a lot to pull apart. A lot of crazy, unbelievable stuff that's all completely true. I get into little obsessions, and I read everything I can find on one thing, and then I move onto another.
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But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for.
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I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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I was a very happy child, so to speak. But, since we didn't have video games or television, and very little radio, in terms of a form of entertainment, I used to read a lot and I would draw a lot, and those two things used to occupy my time.
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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If people make a lot of introductions, should they get recognized for it? I've never seen a score showing who's a good connector. That'd be useful, right?
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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
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I like the freedom of podcasting. With podcasting you can really mess around with the form and the format. You can do as much time as you like without having to pause for commercials.
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Life ain't a drama. And life isn't just a comedy. Life is sometimes horrifying. Life is science-fiction. There are all elements and faculties that we navigate, so I just expect a script to reflect that. As long as it's truthful. I think genre-bending is just being honest.
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There's all kinds of mothers, so to use the label 'mother' and to think you really understood all that a human being is because she's a mother, is a mistake.
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Bad guys have more fun.
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Getting up in front and talking to the people who build my cars is the worst. I get so damn nervous.
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Today, the origin of 90% of all the edible food Gambians consume are from places they have never heard of.
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I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'.
