Barbara Cook Quotes
I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive.
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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I got a bike when I was little, a BMX. I called it 'Fido Dido' after the tough little cartoon guy with spiked hair. I thought he was the coolest thing ever.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
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I don't think I tell stories of tragedy. I think I tell stories of love. Even though you're full of tears, I hope that you leave the theatre with your heart feeling like it's going to explode out of your chest. And yes, you've been through the tragedy, but it's ultimately hope that I think you're left with.
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The main reason I backed DeepMind was strategic: I see my role as bridging the AI research and AI safety communities.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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Nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.
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I'm very, very used to hearing no - repeatedly! - and through my experience founding startups, I've learned to view those two little letters not as a final roadblock but as a problem to be solved.
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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The guys in Kiss use some make up too so at first it was exiting. I've almost stopped using make-up nowadays.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as 'grace under pressure' - grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.
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I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world.
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When you put a tour together you really just think about who you'd like on your bill, who would make sense and who you would want to live with basically for a couple months and be around with and work with.
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I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive.
