Fiona Shaw Quotes
I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.
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I've done quite a few things based on real events or real people, and I think that's always really interesting that you can read about them or, if you're lucky, you can meet them.
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I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
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One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular.
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I listen to KCRW in the car and Pandora radio, which I stream through the stereo from my iPhone. I've been listening to everything from Caribou to Conway Twitty. If I'm going on a longer car ride, I'll download some podcasts.
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I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age' rather than an age range.
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I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.
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If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
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I love Rihanna. I think her style just pushes a lot of boundaries. My tomboy side takes inspiration from her.
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I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
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I think we can leave mullets back in the '80s. I'm really not a big fan of them.
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
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If I see someone doing a new sport, I usually like to throw myself into it, and I never look at it and think, 'That's something I can't do.'
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I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will.
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I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.
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I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.
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I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.
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I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.
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I have always been interested in having people fall into the image and be aware of their reaction first, and then think about the style.
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I think the mythology of death really ran away with me when I was very young.
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I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special, anybody different.
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In the developed world, we live 30 years longer, on average, than our ancestors born a century ago, but the price we pay for those added years is the rise of chronic diseases.
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Photographing a cake can be art.
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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
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I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.
