Nicole Burnham Quotes
So the best decision I ever made? Learning when to say no and then having the self-confidence to walk away. There have been instances when the payoff for making those hard decisions has taken a decade or more, but it has always come.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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I just love the hours of the theatre, I love the way it operates. I always say that when you're doing a play it's like getting a shot of B12, and when you do television for a long series you need a shot of B12.
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Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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Well concerning the world records that I did, I think it helps a lot to me, yeah. I think it's a very individual thing because I heard some people say, like, oh I don't like it at all. But I definitely, for me it really made a big difference.
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There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.
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I've started doing yoga and meditation, but I'm not very good at that kind of thing and turning my brain off.
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I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you go to confession and entrust your sins to the safe-keeping of the priest, do you ever come back for them?
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The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead.
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The premiere of Lynne Ramsay's film of 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' at the Cannes film festival provides an apt juncture at which to celebrate the miraculous power - not of film but of fiction. Lo, I have created a monster.
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I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while.
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To me, leadership has always been about doing what's right. Because when you've had to write your blood type on your boots, you aren't afraid to make the right calls.
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In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.
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It's really hard to make an original movie of any kind that succeeds in the theatrical market place, in the wide release market place.
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On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!
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People crave community, more efficient living, and easier access to the places they want to go.
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Write what you know.
Colson Whitehead
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While yesteryear I tarriedIn a garden in the south,I met a youth who carriedA rose-bud in his mouth.I gave him chase and caught him,And would not set him free,But held him and besought himTo give the flower to me.He smiled, and broke a petalAnd laid it in my hand-It seared like molten metal,And here is yet the brand.
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It would have been very easy to play to the gallery, but I took a conscious decision not to do that. Safer not to be too popular. You can't fall too far.
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I'm 68 years old, and I'm as much a criminal now as I was at the age of 22. And, I'm even more of a dissident than I was then.
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Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?
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So the best decision I ever made? Learning when to say no and then having the self-confidence to walk away. There have been instances when the payoff for making those hard decisions has taken a decade or more, but it has always come.
