Miranda Richardson (Miranda Jane Richardson) Quotes
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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I have this desire in the back of my mind now of making music and film at the same time - putting the two together.
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
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Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time.
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I come with bad genetics, personally.
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I don't think I can speak of the achievements of Indian cinema because it's so large next to me. It's not stopping. It's ever-growing. We are going towards the right direction. We are evolving as a filmmaking industry as actors, directors, producers, singers, musicians. Everybody just pushing the boundaries.
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I always had a fascination with twins.
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When I'm upset, everyone knows about it, and it's a selfish trait because everyone suffers.
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Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear.
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1925's 'The Lost World' is... really, everything a dinosaur movie should be. Like a dinosaur, this classic was once extinct too, existing as mere fragmentary footage and stills, but cinemaphile fossil-hunters have painstakingly excavated bits and pieces from obscure archives and assembled them into a nearly-complete animal.
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I love him (Josh Homme) too much, and you can't hurt someone that you love that much ... unless you're family.
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I can understand the poor and stupid voting for Marxism or one of its fashionable variants. If you've no hope of being other than a slave, you may as well opt for the most efficient form of slavery.
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The facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal.
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It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last.
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You have to feel more involved than just writing out a cheque. Charity is almost the wrong word - I think people are beginning to feel more responsible for the world.
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Americans have started a lot of projects around the world and I am one of them.
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There is a solid satisfaction in one's having and being conscious that he merits the good opinion of men of true discernment and real worth. But to have a name among the weak and the wicked is shame and reproach.
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I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit.
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Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned...another lesson learned.
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As I contemplate the kind of future I want for children-my own and other people's-I believe we must look inward to God for guidance and strength and backward to draw on the values and legacies of our families, ancestors, and communities.
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Feminism was a dirty word for a while.
