Caroline Pratt Quotes
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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I'm big on manners. I'm big on politeness. I'm big on gratitude.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I get homesick.
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America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.
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I'm an honest, open father.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.
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I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars are giant fusion reactors. They're giant nuclear cauldrons in the sky.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
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I think fan fiction is the way most writers start, and the same goes for music and design.
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If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.
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When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
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People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.
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Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors.
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Every Vacation movie didn't just make the studio money. They each made the studio a lot of money.
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I think it's wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that's how it should be. But I don't necessarily know that it's the wisest thing in the world to expect that it ends there, or that it should, 30 years down the road, still look as it did on the night of your first kiss.
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I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.
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Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.
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It's easier to be cynical and edgy and tough rather than overly emotional.
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A lifetime is not too long to spend in learning about the world.
