Michelle Dockery Quotes
I think some period drama can be quite alienating, but 'Downton' isn't. This is going to sound quite, um, pretentious, but someone said that it's like a soap written by a poet.

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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
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I'm afraid to fail again.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.
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We are ready to work hard, work together to re-elect President Barack Obama. We must do it because women deserve to make their own choices and determine the course of their lives.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.
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I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.
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It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
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When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
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Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.
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Let's be honest: the label of model-daughter-of-celebrity mother is... you know, I don't want to have that label. It's not who I am. It's not my values to go off someone else's name and to be pigeonholed as that. So in a way, that has really pushed me to be more independent.
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The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe.
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By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.
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One day my 3-year-old daughter said 'Your very handsome, Poppy.' That was the best compliment ever.
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By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.
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When you are one of the best coaches in the world, it is normal to attract bad reviews if you lose a couple of games.
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For me, the world is a stage, and we are all playing the character we have chosen to play on that stage. It is the job of the photographer to capture the drama of the performance.
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I knew I wanted to be an actress, but I hadn't ever really told anyone. I'd always got quite good grades, so people assumed I would go and do a 'normal' job. My dad took me to my first audition for drama school and picked me up without anyone knowing, really.
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When I watch films now, theres more of a musicality to the way the film are written.
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I think some period drama can be quite alienating, but 'Downton' isn't. This is going to sound quite, um, pretentious, but someone said that it's like a soap written by a poet.