Kate Winslet Quotes
I was suddenly really famous, and I didn't know how to cope. I didn't know myself well enough as a person, number one, and as an actor, number two. I wanted to escape.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of my mosque.
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Form can only be destroyed accidentally, i.e., on account of its connexion with substance, the true nature of which consists in the property of never being without a disposition to receive form.
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A heroic nature is very Greek.
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I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men's clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
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I'm a 'Lost' guy, I love 'Lost.'
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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I'm having a good time. Managing my things takes a lot of time.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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I took a job at a white-shoe NYC law firm, with an office, business cards, and a fat starter paycheck.
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Know today that God approves of you. He's pleased with you. He may not always be pleased with your choices or some of the things you do, but when God looks at you, He sees His amazing creation.
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To be let go from a soap opera is the most embarrassing confidence basher in the world. It's like, 'Oh, if I'm not good enough for that, I'm not good enough for anything.'
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The entire intelligence community is so bloated and so reliant on contractors. There's no question there's many tasks that make sense to outsource, and yet, we have followed blindly this dogma that if it's private contracting, it must be better.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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I was suddenly really famous, and I didn't know how to cope. I didn't know myself well enough as a person, number one, and as an actor, number two. I wanted to escape.
