Winifred Holtby Quotes
The damned book I am writing is like the driveling of a weak-kneed sea calf. If I were sufficiently strong minded, I should tear it up an start again. But I don't.
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I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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I have big hands. I can't do the touch-screen thing. I'm a button guy. I want to press buttons.
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Looking back, the biggest mistake I made was feeling ashamed of it. Acne is a part of life. You don't need to be embarrassed of it.
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I'm a hybrid, and I kind of like that. Raised by African parents, growing up I lived between Burkina Faso and Stains, a suburb just outside of Paris. In Stains, I had all the cultures in the world on my doorstep, and that opens up your mind.
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I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
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My dad moved to London in his early 20s and didn't really go back. So the irony is I've spent lots and lots of time in Ireland, but not with my dad. I've shot films in Belfast, where he's from. And I've shot in Dun Laoghaire. Which is great. And I've shot in Dublin.
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I certainly don't have any boundaries myself, but I think I'm very aware of other people's.
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I've always been happy with my body.
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The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.
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I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
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As an actor, you're naked emotionally; you're revealing yourself emotionally.
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No dream is ever chased alone.
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I always have one foot in the street, so I know not everyone wants to dress like the women they see in music videos.
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If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path.
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I was an accidental model. One day I was asked to me a model by a neighbor who was short on models. Then I got into TV.
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High expectations are the key to everything.
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I like to do one thing at a time and do it to the best of my ability.
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The more people they can give us upfront the harder we play.
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I was bullied in first grade, and it's definitely not fun. But always tell somebody instead of holding it in. Communicate with people and just say, 'Hey, I'm being bullied. I need help.'
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Every master has but one disciple, and that one becomes unfaithful to him, for he too is destined for master-ship.
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What I think I'm perceived as in France is, like, I'm this leading man always doing strange movies because most of the movies I did, like 'Irreversible' or 'Brotherhood of the Wolf' and a bunch of others, and even in France, they always come out as a particular movie, not like the typical French kind of movies that people know most of the time.
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The damned book I am writing is like the driveling of a weak-kneed sea calf. If I were sufficiently strong minded, I should tear it up an start again. But I don't.
