Kate Winslet Quotes
My dad was very much a struggling actor and spent more of his life as a postman, as a member of a tarmac firm, as a van driver.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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In the face of postwar austerity, hundreds of brides-to-be across the country sent Princess Elizabeth their clothing coupons so that she could have the dress of their dreams.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.'
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Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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Ali was a guy that had a lot of discipline. If you hung around him, you'd be able to get some of that discipline that he had. And I learned from that. He was a sweet man.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.
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If you can't say it in three minutes, I don't want to know about it.
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They wanted to start recording rock 'n roll, and thought I had the right voice.
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The sanctions have nothing to do with our relations with China, because our relations with the People's Republic of China are at an unprecedented high both in terms of their level and substance. They are what we call "a comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation".
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I can't always live my life for everybody else.
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My dad was very much a struggling actor and spent more of his life as a postman, as a member of a tarmac firm, as a van driver.
