Mike Leigh Quotes
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In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
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I can tell you I'm not exactly sure why I teach. I think a lot of it is just it's the sense of community. A real desire to be involved both with people older than myself and people younger.
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I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
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I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
Garry Kasparov -
No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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I need to be looked after. I'm not talking about diamond rings and nice restaurants and fancy stuff – in fact, that makes me uncomfortable. I didn't grow up with it, and it's not me, you know. But I need someone to say to me, 'Shall I run you a bath?' or 'Let's go to the pub, just us.'
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I remember, when I was a kid, my summers were pretty much running around, riding your bike, and then complaining about you were bored.
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Very old music is, like, 11th century in my mind. That's very old.
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Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
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Use some reverence. Remember what he was only a minute ago. You wouldn't have dared laid a hand on him.
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You're more than another, there could never be another. To make you feel the way you do.Ohh, we just get closer. I'd fall in love all over. Every time I look at you.I don't know where I'd be, without you here with me.Life with you makes perfect sense, my best friend.
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There have been a couple specific instances where I've felt like I couldn't survive without interacting with a certain person. I've been involved with some pretty manipulative people who have told me the same thought: that I can't live without them.
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I worked in a comic shop for five years, and the amount of titles I could excitedly recommend to teenage girls was pretty abysmal for awhile.
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Housing programs designed to help young families and senior citizens purchase homes should be available to people of all races, including African Americans.
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And, that's what I truly believe that we're doing when we're advancing scientific knowledge is we're someday making the world better. Not only for our children, but for all people after that.
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Everything and anything is valuable.
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I've sparred with lots of people and played around with everybody.
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We live in a world in which data convey authority. But authority has a way of descending to certitude, and certitude begets hubris.
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It's easy to lose a civilization. The values of Western civilization have brought so much good to the world: the notions of equality, democracy, tolerance, abolition of slavery... Tolkien knew that civilization is worth fighting for. There are times when a generation is challenged and must fight to defend their civilization from annihilation.
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I don't approve the informality in the world today, Mr. James. It's made strangers of us all.
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I am very happy to be part of European and world cinema as a British filmmaker.
