Alison Uttley Quotes
I do find life difficult at times … and I behave childishly too, do foolish things, unworthy … I don't think one can have great imagination and great wisdom. Can one?
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Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.
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Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a Medusa's head which turned these terrors to stone.
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It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.
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If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.
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I don't know how much the other fighters make. But I need to tell you that, for myself, money is not the first consideration.
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I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once you've got those two, and they're your main two priorities, then radio and TV and all the other stuff that comes with it will come. But that's not the be-all end-all.
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We've got a very difficult situation created by this embrace of the so-called Arab Spring. And that's not getting better. It's getting worse. The carnage for the people of Syria is horrific, and it's quite frankly too little, too late to reverse a lot of that.
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Men think a woman should not have an opinion.
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I started out doing musicals.
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There are a thousand ways to play any role.
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The coolest thing about the series is that we stay very true to the books; it would be silly for us not to, because the books are exactly what the fans want to see. There's an action side to it, which I love, and there are werewolves now. There aren't just vampires. There's a wolf pack.
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For a while I was suicidal and I tried to kill myself. I think I should have died about four times.
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Going to film school just made me love it. Before film school, I didn't really think much of acting. I was more into making music, but going to school and learning about it every day, it made me grow profound respect for the art.
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I am indebted to the Indian Army, from my birth till now; I have grown and imbibed the indomitable spirit of this fighting force.
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Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.
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For Black Label Special Opps, adversity is what you thrive on. General Patton is a huge fan favorite in Black Label.
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Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.
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In my mind, I never doubted whether I was going to achieve what I wanted to do. I just had to decide what it is I wanted to do.
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Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
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I do find life difficult at times … and I behave childishly too, do foolish things, unworthy … I don't think one can have great imagination and great wisdom. Can one?
