William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.
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For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.
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The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
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Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.
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In art there are tears that do often lie too deep for thoughts.
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The second someone tries to put me in a box, I will do everything to rebel against that.
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What we need is more money back in the hands of Americans of any economic standing and so raising taxes right now doesn't make sense.
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I had gone to no such place but to the smoke of cafes and nights when the room whirled and you needed to look at the wall to make it stop, nights in bed, drunk, when you knew that that was all there was, and the strange excitement of waking and not knowing who it was with you, and the world all unreal in the dark and so exciting that you must resume again unknowing and not caring in the night, sure that this was all and all and all and not caring.
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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
