Charles Webster Hawthorne Quotes
Painting is just like making an after-dinner speech. If you want to be remembered, say one thing and stop.
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When I started out in fashion, everything had to be very structured and tight and controlling, and now I'm getting to a point where I think - I could wear a great big parka, that could be quite fabulous. I haven't always got to show off my size, show off my shape. It's a turning point for me.
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I loved math and science. It just made sense to me. But my hatred for world history has come to bite me in the butt in my adult years. Every show I have done professionally has required me to study the world in which my characters lived.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic.
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I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.
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I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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I just have to concentrate on doing what I do.
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It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.
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I like manual things, doing things with my hands, the feeling of touching.
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The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time.
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My rule is that if I interview someone, they should never read what I have to say about them and regret having given me the interview.
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It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all.
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You have to embrace the people that love you because you're making a difference in people's lives, and you're making them feel something with your music. That, I think, is the biggest key: to stay grounded and focused and stay true to who you are as a person.
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You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox.
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For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's like you get down to the selling organs part, and it just loses some of its luster.
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As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending 90% of the population.
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I never wanted to be a dancer. I was too big, I was too slow. I remember not liking it. Later on, when I came to the United States, I realized I had a skill, and when you come to this country, you realize if you have a skill and a determination, you can do anything.
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tried to focus on a particular aspect of this historical moment: the failure of mourning. This is something I haven't seen a great deal of in the writing around this disaster. And my view is that you write about disaster by writing around it, by writing allusively.
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A politician... one that would circumvent God.
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Painting is just like making an after-dinner speech. If you want to be remembered, say one thing and stop.
