Celia Johnson Quotes
Don't remember me as too nice or beautiful or funny, because then you'll be disappointed.
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My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or two when I was younger, but unfortunately I had to face the fact that I was not really talented!
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I realize that things happen for a reason.
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did. That way I got more cooperation.
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Beauty is not just physical.
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There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence from women in their lives.
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Socialism is good when it comes to wages, but it tells me nothing when it comes to other questions in life that are more private and painful, for which I must seek answers elsewhere.
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I watched so many movies when I was a kid, and I'd watch them over and over.
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I don't want to wait 20 or 50 years for something to be done about petrochemical pollution.
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Women love a self-confident bald man.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I'm confident and really optimistic.
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Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer.
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We will not import crime, terrorism, homophobia, and a brand of anti-Semitism that sets synagogues ablaze.
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My father is quite conservative and religious, and he's been wanting me to get married since I was 15.
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I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive.
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The science shows that the best way to use money is to take the issue of money off the people. Pay people enough so that money isn't an issue, and they can focus on doing great work.
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
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The ruling of men is the effort to direct the individual actions of many persons toward some end. This end theoretically should be the greatest good of all, but no human group has ever reached this ideal because of ignorance and selfishness.
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If the only ideas you had were your own, you'd be very limited.
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I remember myself at 10 years old telling stories to my sisters and brother. This is something I did through my adolescence and even through my twenties.
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But the throat just kind of falls into line once you realize in your head what it is. You got to remember the musicality of a character you're going to do.
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There was a thoughtful frown on the face of the man who was the possessor of twenty million dollars.
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Don't remember me as too nice or beautiful or funny, because then you'll be disappointed.
