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 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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There is no health without mental health; mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone, and mental health is everyone's business.
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I got sober because I was worried I was going to die next year.
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The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.
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The ultimate arbiters of the models of banking and the management of banking are the investors. It's the shareholders.
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'Coexist' was tough to make.
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After something crystallizes, I can write ferociously and write novels in six months, which in the past would have taken me two years.
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Wilt thou whip thine own faults in other men?
