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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It gives me a huge buzz when people say they've enjoyed my books, because this grew out of a hobby, and it's an absolute passion, and it's lovely when I get feedback.
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I went to the University of Vermont because I had a kind of unrequited love for this high school girlfriend. She wasn't even at the University but at another school nearby. But I thought if went to a school near her, just maybe... I was really remedial about girls in so many ways.
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I did a rendition of 'Billie Jean' which is on my Soundcloud. I put it on Twitter, and it got about 3000 hits that day.
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Prize that which is best in the universe; and this is that which useth everything and ordereth everything.
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I came from a small town and at school in one class there was me, a member from Depeche Mode and someone who went on to join The Cure. That was all in one class of 30 kids.
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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.
