Barbara Sukowa Quotes
When I auditioned for Tim Robbins for 'Cradle Will Rock,' the young girl who read with me was very young, and I said to Tim, 'I'm sorry, but I don't have enough imagination to pretend this girl is my husband!' And he said, 'Well, I'll read it with you.' Which was very nice; he was the director. And I ended up getting the part.
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There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn't greedy. It was mine, my girl's, my mom's. I got Benzes for my ladies. But I felt crazy. You have to understand I come from a world where we're very modest. But that's not greedy. That's nice, right?
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
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India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.
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Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.
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Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
I can do whatever I want.
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I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
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There is a need for the European Union to use all potential we have on defense cooperation.
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A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.
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I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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Our need for that exterior god that sits up there and judges us... will diminish and eventually disappear.
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When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
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I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
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I wasn't thrilled about 'The Sound Of Music' - not the movie itself but my role in it. Captain Von Trapp was a bore, and they tried to help by giving it a bit more cynicism, but it wasn't my favourite role. I enjoyed the music, and I loved Julie Andrews.
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As a girl, I used to zip myself into a snowsuit, fall into the deepest snowdrift I could find and sweep my arms and legs into the powder, making snow angels that would crumble within minutes of their genesis. Despite their rapid disappearance, something about these frozen, evanescent angels has stayed with me ever since.
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One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
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I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.
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I had the longest, biggest bowl cut. It looked like I had a perfectly straightened mop on the top of my head.
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When I auditioned for Tim Robbins for 'Cradle Will Rock,' the young girl who read with me was very young, and I said to Tim, 'I'm sorry, but I don't have enough imagination to pretend this girl is my husband!' And he said, 'Well, I'll read it with you.' Which was very nice; he was the director. And I ended up getting the part.
