William Beckett Quotes
A true measure of success is just to work hard and get my music out there and just be myself and be real.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.
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Love should be an inspiration, not an obligation.
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No one has a name in 'The Road.' Like Cormac McCarthy's novel from which it's adapted, 'The Road' features characters such as the man, the boy, the wife, the old man and the veteran.
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Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.
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I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.
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There are always some doubts when you do a new album though. You wonder whether you succeeded or not, especially when you waited as long as I did for this one - seven years. You're never really sure if it will be a nice record or not.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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I love Queen Latifah! Queen Latifah is so beautiful! Every time you see her, if it's in a cosmetics ad, or on the red carpet, she's always flawless.
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In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.
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I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.
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The 'Outlander' fans are super-passionate.
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I have vitamins I intend to take to be a better person. I even have a pillbox for them to remind myself to be healthier. But will I take them? Definitely not.
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I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
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Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.
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I don't know that a lot of boys read 'Rookie', but we get quite a few nice comments and e-mails from them. To say I'm devoted to making it girls-only is a little extreme, because I don't actively try to exclude everyone else, just make sure girls know that this space is for them first and foremost.
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It didn't occur to me that it was possible to breathe life into Abraham Lincoln.
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For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object.
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I don't see it.
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If the big publishers are doing so well, why do they require writers to send return postage with their manuscripts?
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I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years.
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A true measure of success is just to work hard and get my music out there and just be myself and be real.
