Rachel Holmes Quotes
Before my book, the most common assessment of Eleanor Marx is "Yes, she's great but basically she's in the shadow of her father." Absolute bollocks. She fought him, she resisted, and she was not a kind of trocadateur of his ideas.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them.
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The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
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I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably quite loud and outgoing and passionate. Maybe a bit difficult or stubborn.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
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I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.
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I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.
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I like colorful stuff. I like wearing stuff that nobody is wearing. That's why I wear the bear hat. I'll wear the whole mink.
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All I can really say is it's bloodier than hell. In this one I'm going to be much more direct and honest in my description of the actual killings and the crime scene.
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Television is a visual medium. You have to create some kind of visual interest. And it's entertainment for your eyes.
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I started out on the stage, then I had a great career in television for quite a few years. The good news about a TV series is that they give you a certain amount of fame and money. The bad news is that you're in people's living rooms every week and get associated with a particular character.
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But they know about us, they know, the four corners, and the chairs nearby us. Discerning shadows also know, and even the table keeps quiet.
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Before my book, the most common assessment of Eleanor Marx is "Yes, she's great but basically she's in the shadow of her father." Absolute bollocks. She fought him, she resisted, and she was not a kind of trocadateur of his ideas.
