Simon Mawer Quotes
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Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.
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A few years ago, I found out that there's a lot of Gypsy blood on my mother's side. I'm wild in that way - I've been brought up to do my own thing.
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I understood from an early age what being competitive means.
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The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.
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I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
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I don't read the critics.
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Both 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report,' you're working with the best. When you work with the best, you have to raise your game. If you're working with people who are sub par, you're not forced to give 100 percent because you can get by on 80 percent.
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It is over one hundred years since the abolition of slavery. The Negro people in the United States have taken plenty and they have reached a stage where they have decided that they are not going to take any more.
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It is what the poets of Ireland used to be saying, that every brave man, good at fighting, and every man that could do great deeds and not be making much talk about them, was of the Sons of the Gael; and that every skilled man that had music and that did enchantments secretly, was of the Tuatha de Danaan.
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I grew up in an acting family. I was heavily discouraged from doing it myself when I was young, which is the only responsible route to take with any child, because it's not necessarily the easiest of lives.
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I'm a vegetarian and change my hair color as much as I can.
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You step over the threshold of your parents' home, and you're instantly transported back to your childhood. It's like time travel. You revert at once to a place of arrested development.
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I found myself sort of becoming a character actor, though I don't know if that would be my natural makeup.
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'Portlandia' - love it. I can consume three episodes of it without even realizing I'm watching TV.
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I think, like a lot of people on this issue, I have really changed my thinking here to, ‘I don’t ever want to stand in front of anybody’s happiness.’ That’s not my job, okay? If that word – ‘marriage’ – is really, really that important to you, I can go with it.
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Mother told me always to follow the golden rule.And she said it's really a sin to be mean and cruel.So remember if you're untrueAngels up in heaven are looking at you.
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Information is always to be treasured, Raul. It is behind only love and honesty in a person’s attempt to understand the universe.
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The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does. By poetry I mean the imagining of what has been lost and what can be found-the imagining of who we are and the slow realization of it.
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All depend upon the engagement of as many people as possible on all levels, from civil society to national leaders, to advocate for the kind of national and international commitments, legislation, and public/ private partnerships that can make the difference.
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What can I say? I prefer to die well informed.
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When I was 3 years old, my parents got a dog. I was jealous of the dog, so they got rid of me.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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Compared to a lot of actresses my age, I'm actually overweight.
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I find it very easy to be alone. I'm a writer, for heaven's sakes!
