Madeleine Albright Quotes
the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
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I still study dance, and it's definitely something I want to incorporate in the future. It's always been my first love.
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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When I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my resume to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things.
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For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites.
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Saints were saints because they acted with loving kindness whether they felt like it or not.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later!
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My uncle was the first brown person to have a market stall on Petticoat Lane in the 1960s. He worked his way up from the street. He was homeless, but eventually he got a car so he could sell from the boot. And by the 1980s, he was a millionaire wholesaling to companies like Topshop. So in a way, fashion put me in England.
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It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.
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Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse.
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It's weird how people were always asking us, 'Are you real? Are you joking?' That seems like something Americans care about a lot. You can't answer the question 'Are you real?' If we're anything, we're documentary fiction.
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I think if you have a good night's sleep, you can take on the world.
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I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.
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There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
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The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
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True beauty consists of purity of heart.
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I like to be entertained, not smothered with 'literary' riddles.
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Sometimes I feel edgy, sometimes I feel like I want to wear a bright, bold beautiful color.
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There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim.
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Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.
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the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.
