Kate Beckinsale Quotes
People still say to me, 'What was it like being in such a huge flop?' The amount of hatred and vitriol was surprising.
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We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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I started out a die-hard New Yorker but really grew to love working in Los Angeles. Even though I originally wanted to do theater, TV presented more opportunities for me, which led me out west.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email.
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Once you realize just the sort of glut of books that exists out there, it does become incumbent on you not to add to it unless you have a damn good reason.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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I'm actually not on Twitter.
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You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.
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There is no requirement that police stop a person who enters a police station and states that he wishes to confess a crime or a person who calls the police to offer a confession because volunteered statements of any kind are not barred by the 5th Amendment.
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There are a thousand ways to play any role.
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I love playing the bad girl.
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I don't know how many hills and valleys I've had, how many times I've had to refocus my world and my life and my career.
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I was a bit scared because I came from the acting world. There was a fear that people would think of me kind of as a joke. But really, people think of me as a country artist who can act. That's my favorite compliment.
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I have a short attention span.
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You work with people who are obsessive about shopping, obsessive about owning things and buying things, like this purchase is going to make them happy. And you want to say to them, 'You know, no amount of real estate is gonna fill that void.'
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People still say to me, 'What was it like being in such a huge flop?' The amount of hatred and vitriol was surprising.
