Richard Swift Quotes
'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.
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Live TV would terrify anybody.
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I was 47 when I got pregnant. I'd been trying for a couple of years and thought it would never happen.
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They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors.
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I can achieve that by personally relating the words that I am saying to something I have known in my life.
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I love Parisian hotels. I usually stay in either Le Bristol, which is gorgeous, or Hotel Paris Rivoli, which is very French and feels like a step back in time. I also love the luxury of Waldorf Astoria hotels.
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I think there are patterns of the aftermath of colonization that you see echoed in cultures and communities across the world.
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A liar often smiles subtly while telling a lie; it's an unconscious expression of his delight in getting away with a whopper.
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It (Lewinskygate) has...compromised his moral authority.
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When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset.
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The number one priority now is reducing the deficit that they [Labour] left us - the biggest deficit since the Second World War.
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The biggest threat, when it comes to climate change and pollution, isn't going to come from us because we only have 300 million people. It's going to come from China with over 1 billion people and India with over 1 billion people.
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Maliki saw Islamic State as a way to exert pressure. If I am not re-elected, terror will befall you - that was his message.
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People who have life-challenging experiences who choose to remain invested in a consistent catastrophic interpretation are not the ones I meet. I have met many more people who have recognized how vital it is to their healing and to the quality of their life to interpret their experiences differently. That is why some of the people I've met who have life-challenging illnesses are much happier than some people I've known who are physically quite healthy and yet who live lives of greater desperation and depression.
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Every creative person, and I think probably every other person, faces resistance when they are trying to create something good...The harder the resistance, the more important the task must be.
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There is quite a large clan of Scotties among American beggars. He is a good beggar for the simple reason that he is a good talker. Almost every Scotch beggar I met in the States of America was inclined to be talkative, and yet they all managed to conceal their private affairs.
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It's important for me to be free and know I'm acting for myself. I do things because I want to, and that's important. You want to be your own person.
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The problem with some of our noisier exponents of 'American exceptionalism' is that they lack Reagan's moral maturity.
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I've been acting since I was five, and I hope it's something I can do forever. I love it.
