William Shenstone Quotes
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I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.
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I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.
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My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.
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Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it apart right before our eyes.
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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I just can't read music.
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There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.
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When I get drafty cold air in my ears, I would get an earache and get sick. I had to make sure I hustled and stayed well for my shows that I played.
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her.
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I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.
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I tell jokes, and I have fun, but I tend to worry about everybody and everything throughout the entire world.
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The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people.
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I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life
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We have to be able to criticize what we love,Say what we have to say,'Cause if you're not trying to make something better,Then as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.
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Don’t confuse rescue and kidnapping. I have not asked to be rescued.
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Demosthenes: A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way.
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Taking care of yourself is the most important thing.
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Considering the regular use of make-up and the fact that I'm under the glare of the harsh shooting lights practically all the time, I'm adamant about using really strong cleansing milk to get the make-up off my skin, and I never sleep with make-up on, however tired I am.
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Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.
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First we pre-visualized it [the flying fish scene in 'Life of Pi'] so the actors could act. It took a long time to get that to come to life and to design those coming out of the screen. We had great fun with that. It takes a long time, a year maybe.
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My banks they are furnish'd with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep.
