Edith Evans Quotes
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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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I was hanging out with no one under 21. I thought that if I really wanted to fit in I had to... show them that I was in a way just as adult as they were, 'cause I could hold my own just as well as they could, if not better.
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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You can be a rapper born and raised in go-go music, violence, drugs, crack, Reagonomics, and still, if you hear 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,' you're going to find a way to hum along. Guilty pleasures? It don't matter. Sue me - I like the song. To dance to it is another matter.
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Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.
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Ice-T in the music has done some outrageous things.
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The bottom line of Hollywood is money.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
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The train's always full of football fans going up to see matches. Oh, they make sure I hear their points of view all right. They all want to have their say about their team, and make their opinions known.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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I remember all the way back in high school thinking about writing books. And, in fact, I've written a lot of stories. I've got dozens of stories I've written that no one's ever seen.
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Act because you love to act.
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Writing has been as difficult for me as for people who don't like to write and as little fun.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full potential, is something that everyone can benefit from.
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Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example.
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I have a lightsaber at my front door for home protection. I have an 800-watt electric skateboard that I use to run errands in my neighborhood. It can go about six, seven miles, so depending on how much time I have, and how much I have to carry home, I'll take it really far. I love that thing.
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I conceive ethics as a branch of psychology.
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We expect surprises. There has to be surprises.
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It's just like Yeats said. In dreams begin responsibilities. Flip this around and you could say that where there's no power to imagine, no responsibility can arise.
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I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.
