William Shakespeare Quotes
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom, and you'll get answers like 'a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends, and for it to be way-cool and funky.' Ask parents the same question, and 'a locked door that opens on their 21st birthday' might top the list!
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Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.
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If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
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I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would be in a very small minority within my party, possibly even on my own, battling away on these issues.
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The mass of workers, as yet non-Socialist, is retarded in its development towards Socialism.
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I don't want to hear about my death.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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I've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there's a parents' night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that.
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I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.
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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
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In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you.
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I'm very proud of my Scottish blood.
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I think all things are political... How women are portrayed - that's a big thing for me. What is this role trying to say about women? Is this woman weak or victimised, and, if so, do we get to understand why?
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I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.
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As a gold-card-carrying member of the nerd herd, I'm usually in the artsy, fringy, PBS-y kind of shows that change maybe five people's lives forever while leaving everyone else wondering if they can still make the ticket lottery at 'Wicked.'
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Lord, what fools these mortals be!
