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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Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!
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Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
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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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I have a rule now that I can only watch a movie twice. By the third time I was watching 'The Guest,' I was hating everything about it, but the first time, I loved it. The first time you watch it, you watch it as a whole. And the second time, I think you can learn a lot. By the third time, you are just picking everything apart.
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Pure pragmatism can't imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can't get anything done. It is the delicate blend of both that drives innovation.
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Life is a long lesson in humility.
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Two actors who have different motivations and skill sets can work together and be magic. Charles Grodin and Robert DeNiro technically couldn't work more differently, and yet they made 'Midnight Run,' which is a genius comedy.
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I think heroes are the people that go into houses when they're on fire and save people in hospitals.
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I lead a multi-faith life.
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Love has the quality of informing almost everything - even one's work.
