Barbara Windsor Quotes
The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn't exist on 'EastEnders.' The show saved me.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.
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I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.
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I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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I've never considered myself to be a fashionista type of guy.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.
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It's like you have a child and you think, 'Everything that I've done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.' It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.
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I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.
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I think personal beliefs of everybody shape everybody.
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My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.
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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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History is not hatred.
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This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich life.
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What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
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I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.
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Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
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Although I performed in high school, my first real experience with theater was performing with a student-run organization at Vanderbilt University called The Original Cast where I learned that I loved performing and especially loved theater people.
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It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.
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Time doesn't go. Time stays. We go.
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I used to dress like an eight-year-old boy. Traveling has inspired me to be more experimental.
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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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The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn't exist on 'EastEnders.' The show saved me.
