Virginia Woolf Quotes
Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them.
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We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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Without knowing about flexibility, one cannot work out strategies to deal with the enemy and prepare for changes, and without knowing about the foundation of one's own culture, one would be contemptuous of the Confucian ethical codes.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
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I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.
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When I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till makeup comes off. I just want everyone to be at ease, and not have the show's creators think, 'Oh my god, he's so English, why did we hire him?'
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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I'd love to do a movie where I actually get to be kind of quirky and odd and dorky and all that stuff. My parents would like to see some movies where I'm not in peril. They'd appreciate it.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
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Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
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Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats.
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That is the American story. People, just like you, following their passions, determined to meet the times on their own terms. They weren't doing it for the money. Their titles weren't fancy. But they changed the course of history and so can you.
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I don't think I'd ever write anything that I don't also direct just because it's so hard and painful to write as it is.
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Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them.
