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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Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
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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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Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you have means and opportunity, you have to make different choices to protect what you have.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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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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I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry.
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There's very few people who want to just make beautiful films that make money when they can make films that make huge money.
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It's part of the job of the actor to torture the director.
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I believe in being with someone for ever. Even though my marriage to Chris didn't work, I still don't consider it a failed marriage - it just came to its natural end. It didn't make me feel like I never wanted to get married again. I like sharing things with somebody.
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To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.
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The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn't exist on 'EastEnders.' The show saved me.
