Barbara Castle Quotes
If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
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I burp, I fart. I'm a real woman.
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Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
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I don't mind being interviewed on television or radio.
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I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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I'm a big fan of Katy Perry.
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I never was a very good singer.
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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My parents told me either I choose badminton, or school has to make the best of me.
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Obviously it's much easier to say that you're going to follow your passions when you're financially secure, but at least we can take solace in the fact that we now have the time to pursue the things that we really want to pursue because now the option of doing things just for the money isn't necessarily there.
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When I come to a design decision, people know that is that.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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Your reader is interested in a guileless, fresh, first-time-we-talked-about-it way. What a great liberation that is. And teenagers, if you respect them, will follow you a lot further than adults will, without fear of being a genre that they may not like or have been told not to like. They just want a story.
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I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.
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I think I am more determined than ever in my future plans, and I have quite made up my mind that nothing must be suffered to interfere with them. I intend to make such arrangements in town as will secure me a couple of hours daily (with very few exceptions) for my studies.
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L'esperîenzadi questa dolce vita.
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I find the elitism and blatant provincialism of many (Manhattan-based) New Yorkers unattractive. Just as place can be an identity crutch that helps a person feel individual, place can be a crutch in poetry.
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It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.
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When you produce and direct, your movies are different to you. They're not just something you act in.
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If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
