William Shakespeare Quotes
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I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
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As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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I don't like allegories.
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Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.
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I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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Pay attention to science and not myths: We think liars won't look you in the eyes, but it turns out an honest person will only look you in the eyes about 60 percent of the time.
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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I get half a million just to show up at parties. My life is, like, really, really fun.
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I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.
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I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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I've thought that 'Soulmate' in the 'Night World' series would make a really nice TV-movie or just a movie.
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I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many people are showing up at shows and are younger than our first record.
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But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it.
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The reason why books endure is because there are enough people who like them. It's the only reason why books last.
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I should dread to disfigure the beautiful ideal of the memories of illustrious persons with incongruous features, and to sully the imaginative purity of classical works with gross and trivial recollections.
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There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher.
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America is a country with so much opportunity. I'm living the blessings of what this country offers.
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Dan Chaucer, well of English undefyled, On Fames eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
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Wilt thou whip thine own faults in other men?
