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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After a war, after a concentration camp, I find it's not too difficult to be happy.
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A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster.
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'The Names' is planned as a nine-part series. I have a kind of road map: I know the final scene of episode nine. But as to exactly how we get there, what detours or horrible accidents we might have to pass through, I like to keep that a little fluid.
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If it's not happening, write your own thing!
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It's my life. It just continues to go forward from 'The Apprentice.'
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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.
