Agnieszka Holland Quotes
I was sure that none of the other wonderful actors I had met for this role would have such truthfulness, would have such courage and self-awareness of auto-destruction as River does.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
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After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.
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The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.
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Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
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As an actor, I still don't really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
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I am just reflecting the times. I can't ignore them.
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I'll meet listeners who tell me what a great voice I have. But I don't have a great voice for radio. My voice is the utterly normal voice, but sheer repetition has made them think it's OK. Mick Jagger once was asked, 'What makes a hit song? He said, 'Repetition.'
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What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are, and without that you might not exist. You could be nowhere at all.
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I keep returning to the combination of artichoke, broad beans and lemon. The freshness of young beans and the lemon juice 'lifts' the artichoke and balances its hearty nature.
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I took a bottle of pills. I'd been in Europe and I had a lot of absinthe and I was just drinking and drinking, trying to, you know, just shut my body down.
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Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition. So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
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There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
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Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep.
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I want to work with Cherry Jones.
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There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.
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I was sure that none of the other wonderful actors I had met for this role would have such truthfulness, would have such courage and self-awareness of auto-destruction as River does.
