Imelda Staunton Quotes
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
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Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.
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Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.
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Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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To the solace of his name, simply saying 'Muhammad' has an incredibly soothing effect on me.
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You always have to be on at times, and occasionally people get upset if you say no to a picture when you're eating dinner or something, and that's kind of the hard part. Or if you get crazy rumors that swirl around you from time to time that are just silly.
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I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation or making a creative piece like a song.
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I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.
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It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.
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I think people feel like there are all these things in our lives that we don't really have control over.
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I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.
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When I started acting, I used to read all the reviews.
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I used to tell my three younger siblings stories because that was my household chore, and I told long stories in installments because it was easier and more fun than making up a new story every night. I loved it.
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Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.
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I think that I could have been take apart if the bear market continued, but I waited three years before I felt the bear market was over and I was right.
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You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
