Mike Leigh Quotes
I'm old enough to have friends and contemporaries who have long since retired, and that's their prerogative - enough is enough; it doesn't mean a thing to me. But I haven't got any money, so, you know, I just keep on working.
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Art is inspiring. Walking into a gallery, or when the lights go up on a stage; that thrill of getting something that has nothing to do with acquisition.
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There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.
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As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.
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I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn't make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.
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I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always stayed away from that.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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So I'm in that half-hour business where the most money is, so that eventually I feel like the people that put on the Dupont show, like maybe my artistic effort is going to be a little different.
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There are too many people around keeping me grounded to go off the rails. I'm my own person.
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Without question Gibson guitars are the finest, most revered guitars on the planet.
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I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.'
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Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.
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I know I'm really lucky to do what I do, but sometimes with the hours and the travelling, I don't get to see my family and friends as much as I'd like. It can be lonely on the road. Sometimes I come offstage after a massive adrenaline rush, and then when I go to an empty hotel room on my own, it can be an anti-climax.
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No doubt the ridiculous politicians are right to like politics. They have found careers in which success can be achieved by being ridiculous. Imagine Jimmy Carter or George W. Bush rising to the top of any other profession.
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I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work.
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The greatest problem for mathematicians now is probably the Riemann Hypothesis.
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“Dependency harms culture. People thrive the more they can be self-reliant.”
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I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is going to be coveted whatever his beliefs may be or whoever he may be. That goes to national origin, religious beliefs, or sexuality.
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We can generally read a man's purpose towards us in his manner, if his purposes are of much moment to us.
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My father died when I was 7. I was his favorite child, and he was my beloved father. I brought him along with me all through my life. Every elderly man has a bit of my father in him for me.
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One Book is enough, but a thousand books is not too many!
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I'm old enough to have friends and contemporaries who have long since retired, and that's their prerogative - enough is enough; it doesn't mean a thing to me. But I haven't got any money, so, you know, I just keep on working.
