Ian Bannen Quotes
Michael O'Sullivan was my great friend. But I don't ever remember telling him that. The words that are spoken at a funeral are spoken too late for the man who is dead.
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I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.
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Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine. I don't know what I'm looking for. I just do it.
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I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.
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Anna Wintour has guided me.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.
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Album sales have collapsed, with few artists making money from albums; touring is more lucrative. But I'm 53 now and won't be able to tour forever, so a logical step is to get into writing film scores. Trouble is, you need to be somewhere which has a big film industry - another reason why I'm thinking about living in California.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all.
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My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance!
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Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.
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California is an easy place to be an Asian woman engineer.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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People always ask, 'Do you wanna do movies; do you wanna do other things?' But they haven't fired me from 'OLTL' yet. When that happens, I'll make that choice.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in Bengali, and I need to be surrounded by the Bengali language and culture.
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My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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To truly launch a great product, you need partners. Channel and marketing partners share in your success and share in the costs of reaching your target audience.
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In the first years after the systemic transition, our screens showed American entertainment that had not been available before, or had been available only sporadically.
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Michael O'Sullivan was my great friend. But I don't ever remember telling him that. The words that are spoken at a funeral are spoken too late for the man who is dead.
