Paddy Ashdown (Jeremy John Durham Ashdown) Quotes

I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.

Paddy Ashdown

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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.

Salma Hayek
- Woman
- Film
- Director
I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.

Lasse Hallstrom
- Want
- Ideas
- Own
How lucky are we to have Naomi Watts and Sean Penn playing us? We've seen the final cut now a couple times, and the scenes with the marriage fraying at the edges are still very difficult to watch. However, our hope was that no matter your political persuasion, you're taken with the idea that it's important to hold power in check.

Valerie Plame
- Important
- Power
- Hope
What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.

J. August Richards
- People
- Country
- Love
Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.

Zbigniew Brzezinski
- Hand
- Commitment
- Go
Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.

Tabatha Coffey
- Life
- Kids
- Dad