Olivia Williams Quotes
I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
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A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders.
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My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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History must share with reading, writing and arithmetic first rank as the most important subjects in the curriculum. Understanding the issues on which citizens of a republic are expected to vote is impossible without an understanding of the past.
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I suppose I am one of life's naturally clumsy people; I don't drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I'm just generally a bit flustered.
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We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
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A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood.
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
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I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account.
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There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
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There's some brain damage, but it may be that very brain damage that allows me to do the work I do.
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Obviously I love working in film and television, but I started in theater and I'd love to be on Broadway.
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Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
