Samantha Bond Quotes
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
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This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.
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You have to tease your family. You tease the ones that you're closest to.
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I'm the one who often makes the 'Murder, She Wrote' reference, and ABC hates that, they don't want me to do that. And I say that having never actually watched 'Murder, She Wrote'. I think people have been trying to compare it to crime shows that are on right now, and all I can do is listen. I don't watch a lot of TV.
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I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over.
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I mean, like, I can go in a room and say, look, 'Watchmen' should be at least 15 minutes longer than 'Batman.' I mean, that's, like, any geek will tell you that.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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You have to be an optimist, right? You have to be critical, then you have to be an optimist. Or else you're really stupid.
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I think family is our reason for being. I was lucky to be born into a very close-knit family.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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You have to really have the will to hang onto the first note as it is being played, and then really stay with it and take the flight, as it were, you know, for the duration of the piece.
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You go to a plant not only to pat the people on the back, but to tell them about the opportunities they have to do a better job. Quality is one of the opportunities they have to do a better job.
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I say, 'If I'm able to go out there and achieve a dream, then anybody can do it.'
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
