Barbara Taylor Bradford Quotes
I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.
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I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking.
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I am, in general, favourable to activism and social movements and hostile to graft and corruption.
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I am disgusted by the anti-Semitism of many Italians, of many Europeans.
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My first trip to Mexico was with my dad because of his Spanish records. That was back in 1958. I found a picture of me when I was eight dressed as a little senorita.
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I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.
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I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.
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There was no United States before slavery. I am sure somebody can make some sort of argument about modern French identity and slavery and North Africa, but there simply is no American history before black people.
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I like to take pictures of lots of things: people-such as my nephews, my dogs, and just interesting objects that I see. For instance, I might take a picture of flowers by the side of the road, an old sign or a fence.
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I have made myself what I am. And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.
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Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
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I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should.
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I am bullish on the global development. I am bullish on billions of people getting out of poverty.
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I became a student of the history of religion. I am fascinated by how religions often center on mystical experience, and in the Old Testament tradition you find flames, the burning bush.
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I am the commander in chief of the United States armed forces, and Iraq is gonna have to ultimately provide for its own security.
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My mum was a nurse, and her passion was geriatric care. I used to love listening to the old people's stories in her nursing home and picturing myself in their place. They'd say, 'I went to school in a horse and cart,' and I'd just think 'Wow!' I'd picture myself in their place - acting was a natural progression.
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I am a record executive and I shall be right there in your face with my records.
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We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.
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I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.
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I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself in my own head. I had no image beyond a stick figure. I wasn't a mean person as a kid, or dumb, and something has to be said to justify excluding you.
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A picture's beauty does not depend on the things portrayed in it.
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We don't have an identity as far as how we play on the defensive end. We might play well one night and on another night we won't play well. We always score the ball and average 100 points, so obviously our problem is in other areas. Until we take care of those problems, we're going to continue to struggle.
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Comedy has to do with holding and releasing tension; it's very technical. It's more technical than drama.
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I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.
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I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.
