A. N. Wilson Quotes
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Without the media, the American people won't have the type of information they need to hold their leaders to account. The relationship between government and media has always been strained, and I think most of the time that's a healthy strain.
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I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
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I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me.
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It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
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The only way to get to the other end of the pitch is to belt it and then belt it again.
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I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.
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Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.
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My style's not for everyone - I'm an extremist.
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For those of you who thought F. W. Murnau's 'Nosferatu' was his greatest film, I have news for you: his 'Faust' blows it out of the water.
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That's when I feel really excited about a painting. When it starts to feel real, when it feels like it has a personality.
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OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.
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When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with him.
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I would love to direct - or try my hand at it, anyway.
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My great uncle was in 'Dad's Army.' And I don't know if Americans will know that. It was a hugely popular show in England.
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I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
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When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and I had to go to Paris to do it. So I went there and that's how I really got into the music business. But I didn't like what I was doing when I got there, so I left, and I never did a record there.
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I was not an easy kid.
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The U.N.'s humanitarian agencies rely on charitable donations from the public as well as the generosity of governments to continue their lifesaving work in response to natural disasters, armed conflicts and other emergencies.
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Our Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
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I had so many beliefs against being a singer or what it takes. There was a lot of pain associated with that. The rejection of it all. I lived in a rejection state of mind. Not because of my voice; the mike never rejected me. It was harboring all those bad memories of being broke. It teaches you your worth. Nothing good comes from that.
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I only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in funk, and I like to put that to good use
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Much of the left-liberal elite despise traditional religious beliefs ... in general, they are profoundly uncomfortable with religious institutions and the traditional values they embody.
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I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there.
