Harold Pinter Quotes
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was knowing some of the things I was probably going to write about Texas would make those nice people very unhappy.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros - they're all love songs. They're about giving your heart to a person. It's a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that's something that I'm very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a life full of love.
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I'm not politically correct.
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Women with minimal access to resources and no access to child care have limited choices that too often mean low-wage and part-time labor. In rural communities in the developing world, when women farmers have unequal access to fertilizers or training, their farm productivity lags behind men.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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Communities don't think, don't believe, don't want, don't have needs, don't have interests and don't make decisions. Only individuals have minds that generate desires and needs - and only individuals can make choices and decisions.
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The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.
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Stoller is one of my favorite comedic directors - one of my favorite directors that I've worked with to date.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
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I was a regular dork. I was a kid who was scrawny and all that, and probably kind of dumb or something. I wasn't unordinary; I wasn't extraordinary.
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A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work.
