Samantha Morton Quotes
Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.
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The entire time I was up shooting 'Suits,' I was running back to my trailer to help get 'Nine Circles' produced. It's a no-brainer for me to keep that part of life alive.
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I think I'm very stoic. Death and dying are things that I'm used to.
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Can I say that I think it should be against the law for one state to use taxpayer money to try to bribe businesses in another state to move? Which then causes the target state to use taxpayer dollars to try to bribe the businesses to stay.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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I think, aesthetically, car design is so interesting - the dashboards, the steering wheels, and the beauty of the mechanics. I don't know how any of it works, I don't want to know, but it's inspirational.
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My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.'
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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The Ford Flex is a really, really cool car. You get inside and you have so much headroom and it's really comfortable to drive and it's real techy inside. You look at the screen and it's blue and you've got all kinds of controls. Everything is digital.
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The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to.
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My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.
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It is a poor cause which has to be lied for regularly.
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When I was in college, I used to love to watch football on Sundays.
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They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
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My fans know the name Larry Holmes and that he always gave it his all.
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Adolescence as the time when an individual 'recapitulates' the savage stage of the race's past.
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My tax cut would cut hundreds of billions of dollars. So to do it, you have to be willing to cut spending, too. But if you were to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes, that money's left in communities.
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I'm always nervous doing auditions - to be honest, I hate it. I always envy the actors who are so cool and cold-blooded when they go in for an audition, especially if it's for a part that you would really love to play.
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Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.
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There are things in life we don't understand, and when we meet them, all we can do is let them alone.
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The year is made up of minutes. Let these be watched as having been dedicated to God. It is in the sanctification of the small that hallowing of the large is secure.
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A friend is not only someone who you can confide in, it is someone who can mirror the trust you have shown by confiding in you as well.
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Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust.
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Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.
