Fiona Shaw Quotes
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I'm just saying if you want to reach large audiences, then rely on professionals, meaning people who are in the industry and are trained for it, rather than just idiot savants.
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My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.
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I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.
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My day-to-day look is inspired by comfort, color and just how I'm feeling that day.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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Saying no frees you up to say yes when it matters most.
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We've seen what happens when it serves a president's interest to flaunt his faith - which is almost inevitably does, since every poll affirms that Americans want their leader to submit to some higher power.
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It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.
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It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
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Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.
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I want to get people to connect to the outdoors.
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Power is every stealing from the many to the few.
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I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied something other than acting in college.
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I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. We've got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country.
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Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys.
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I was a very difficult child, and the time I spent reading was about the only peace I gave my mother.
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Yes, I am very prolific.
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Most people don't know how to tell stories.
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I’m Edward Clark. Born Edward Delacey. Now, apparently, Viscount Claridge.” He shut his eyes. “You can address me by my preferred title: you idiot.
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No great man is ever born too soon or too late.
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When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours;.
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The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
