George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax Quotes
The first mistake belonging to business is the going into it.
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I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.
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Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
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For Gore 2000, I was a formal campaign adviser: contrary to RNC mythology, my brief was not 'wardrobe,' but rather policy on women's issues, and messaging. I was also married to a Clinton speechwriter, and observed the message decision-making process from the perspective of a spouse.
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Every celebrity in the world, if their movie bombs or whatever, they hold their kid up on a magazine and say, 'I'm really a dad.'
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I love having wine with my meals. And if I splurge, I'm going to splurge big, because if I deny my cravings, it just ends up backfiring on me, you know?
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You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
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The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
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For me, it was important Wonder Woman wouldn't be a Goody Two-Shoes. She has a little bit of attitude, and when she fights, she has a smirk on her face. I didn't want her to be polished. I want people to relate to her.
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Why would you want to be be counseled in your grief? It's too private.
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If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.
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I haven't signed as many films as I'd like to because there are no good roles, as disheartening as it is to say.
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I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.
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Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.
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Print is at the very, very top in the fashion business - of course it is.
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I love doing film soundtracks and working with directors on how they want the scene to be portrayed on audio as opposed to visual. I like the collaborative effort of working with people.
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I read more books for research purposes, whether it's a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.
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In life, I take my decisions and stand by them. Some decisions may have proven to be not the best, but I have learnt from them, and I've never repeated a mistake again. If someone tells me to turn left, I will go right! I could not have been taught a lesson in any other way rather than by going through it.
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I was hopeless at high school - I failed everything but Latin.
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The first mistake belonging to business is the going into it.
