W. S. Gilbert Quotes
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I don't make movies for the same reason that a lot of people do. I make films because I need to see them exist in a very specific way.
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Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline.
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There are lots of concerns facing English football but for me the major one is the way in which football clubs are run by owners, whether they are growing organically and sustainably and how that is being policed by the football authorities.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.
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When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
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I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.
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I sure am handsome. I can't lie. This is one handsome guy.
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I love New York, and I'm drawn to a certain intensity of life, but I've just never felt like I want to escape from the Midwest. A writer lives a great deal in his own head, and so one intuitively finds places where your head is more clear. New York for me is one of those places.
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Such a gift might be easily taken back again.
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Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.
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I remember being about eight and watching 'Pollyanna' with Hayley Mills. I looked at my mum and said, 'Mum, I want to be Pollyanna.' She said, 'You're going to have to make yourself cry if you want to be an actress.' So I turned my head away, and when I turned it back I was in floods of tears.
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Every nurse ought to be careful to wash her hands very frequently during the day. If her face, too, so much the better.
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The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.
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Apparently, the city of Delhi is a 'character' in my novels. I'd argue that it's a ... city... in my novels.
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Vladimir Putin is leading a dying country. Vladimir Putin's regime exports three things: petroleum products - coal, natural gas, and hydrocarbon energy in the form of petroleum. Number two, it exports arms, and, number three, it exports people.
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Keep true to the dreams of your youth.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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The first thing I would recommend to put a stop to slavery in this country, is to leave off importing slaves. For this purpose let our assemblies unite in petitioning the king and parliament to dissolve the African committee of merchants: It is by them that the trade is chiefly carried on to America.
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We love to entertain kings and queens, but at Disneyland, everyone is a V.I.P.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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It is a glorious thing To be a Pirate King.
