Winifred Holtby Quotes
I am much perturbed by this business of sickness. Our bodies seem so easily to leap into the saddle where our minds should be. People who are ill become changelings.
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Being on the road with rock, it's pretty much 90 percent guys.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
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I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.
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I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.
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It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
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When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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If you look over the course of a hundred years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that's held our country together is probably more serious than a few bearded terrorists who fly into buildings.
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I feel very much satisfied to play in Baltimore.
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I always try to find something I like about the bad guys and then try to find the mistakes and the flaws in the good guys.
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Any government has to be friendly with investors and the business community. They provide jobs, new investments; they keep the country running.
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I live and die by puns.
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I like playing characters that have a prickly armor because when you start to see the cracks and some heart come out, it gives the audience something to look forward to.
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I'm actually going in to ER as the new British intern.
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I look at old photos of me, and I don't feel connected to them at all. I would never wish my upbringing on anyone... but I wouldn't take it back for the world.
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I am much perturbed by this business of sickness. Our bodies seem so easily to leap into the saddle where our minds should be. People who are ill become changelings.
