Imelda Staunton Quotes
You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough.
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs.
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I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.
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It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
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I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
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Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?
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Republicans have never been good at public relations.
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There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We're always looking for the open space. A lot of times we'll face six defenders and four midfielders.
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I know that in my own personal life, the people who I have dated who are funny can get away with a lot more than the people who aren't.
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America is a grateful nation. We cannot allow anything or anyone to get in the way of that. The words 'veteran' and 'backlog' should never appear in the same sentence.
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You can get good performances in quite sizable roles from people who have never been in front of a camera, people who maybe have never been in front of a movie theater.
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And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn't make? If it's good, it stands up.
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I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
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You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough.
