J. E. Buckrose Quotes
there are - as every one knows - two kinds of writing: one coming out of your vitals and the other from the top of your head. The first is the only sort from which any true private pleasure can be gained, for it is a way of getting something out of life which seemed to be there in childhood, when childhood is quite over.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.
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I can knit quite well. I make really long scarves.
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As a child, I was hyper, I was a clown and I was sensitive. Today I'm all of the above, except I've refrained from bouncing off the walls.
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it does not mean a Negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
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I'm not filthy rich! I'm not as rich as people think. It's funny, isn't it?
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I've always thought of myself as so unsuited to be a frontman.
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I don't eat green things, no vegetables.
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The system isn't working for most people and never has worked for most women.
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there are - as every one knows - two kinds of writing: one coming out of your vitals and the other from the top of your head. The first is the only sort from which any true private pleasure can be gained, for it is a way of getting something out of life which seemed to be there in childhood, when childhood is quite over.
