Sylvia Ashton-Warner (Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner) Quotes
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
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Actually, my mom doesn't let me touch any of my money out of my bank. She says she is going to keep it there until I am 18, and I don't think anyone can touch that. No money has been taken out of there.
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I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
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I come from a communist country. We learned nothing of lawyers, nothing about rights.
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Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison.
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Everything that I do to my own hair and makeup I learned from professionals.
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I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.
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Actors are seen as celebrities, but they're just real people with families.
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I like commas. I detest semi-colons - I don't think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found I didn't need them, they were fly-specks on the page.
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Anyone in public life who comes out, comes out primarily for themselves, and their life is immediately improved. That's what happened to me.
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Words played an important part in my growing up. Not only the written word... but words that flew through the air: jokes, riddles, puns.
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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
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All we do is bring the debate from both sides, and let you as a viewer decide where you want to end up on the issue. That's very important. That's exactly what happens in 'Redemption Inc.'
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I really admire Nick Hornby - for example, the way that he can make ordinary stuff so beautiful!
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Love has the quality of informing almost everything - even one's work.
