Saffron Burrows Quotes
I think politics can no longer be assigned to parliamentary activity and it probably never could be. But politics with a small p and the history of trade union movement really interests me.
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I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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I am not honest.
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If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that.
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What's the right way to think about the distribution part of Steam? You need to worry about viruses and people trying to publish other people's content, but the underlying thing is to eliminate that barrier between people who create stuff and people who want to have access to it.
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.
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I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.
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As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.
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Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.
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The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans.
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Directing is a rarefied business. And you see very few women pass that Rubicon.
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The study of history reveals that human progress has not been continuous and regular, but intermittent and spasmodic, often depending upon apparently accidental causes. It is difficult to get a cross-section view of society at any given stage.
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I am conservative with a small 'c.' It's possible to be conservative in fiscal policy, and tolerant on moral issues or questions of freedom of expression.
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I think politics can no longer be assigned to parliamentary activity and it probably never could be. But politics with a small p and the history of trade union movement really interests me.
