Dame Cicily Isabel Fairfield DBE (Rebecca West) Quotes
Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, 'That is the real thing.'
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
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People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations.
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Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I'm able to forget myself and let the music do the 'talking.'
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If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
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I got picked for very unique and independent filmmaking experiences with auteurs. And I'm so lucky.
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I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.
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With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the U.S.A. and China.
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I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor'. And she said, 'Maybe not that'.
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Unless one believes in a superhuman reason which directs evolution, one is bound to believe in a reason inherent in humanity, a motive power transcending that of each separate people, just as the power of the organism transcends that of the organ. This reason increases in proportion as the unity of mankind becomes established.
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I've been on the show for six years and I don't even know what her history is. I sort of make things up in my mind, but I think it's hard for an audience to follow and invest in a character when they don't have the details.
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Death is the most blessed dream.
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It's that experienced eye that knows what the public loves and how to create that Hollywood magic that drives pop culture.
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New York is safer than it has been - and it's getting safer. But it's never safe. As the financial and communications capital of the world, this is where terrorists want to make a statement, where they get the most bang for the buck.
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All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.
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I love that you work out relationships with people as you're filming just to get something real to play on screen.
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Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.
