Quentin Blake Quotes
I don't wait for inspiration. I'm not, in fact, quite sure what inspiration is, but I'm sure that if it is going to turn up, my having started work is the precondition of its arrival.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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Did anyone ever have a boring dream?
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
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I'd love to do a movie where I actually get to be kind of quirky and odd and dorky and all that stuff. My parents would like to see some movies where I'm not in peril. They'd appreciate it.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.
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I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.
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If you are a great news organization, you can't have the best obtainable version of the truth if your vision and your scale is reduced to a fraction of its former self.
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My most annoying habit is complaining about my aches and pains. It's the new ones that I haven't identified yet that make me nervous. According to my wife, I complain way too much. I may be a borderline hypochondriac, or you could say I am fascinated by the body - at least by mine.
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However long the song is was how long it took us to write it.
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But I, when I undress me Each night, upon my knees Will ask the Lord to bless me With apple-pie and cheese.
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For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them.
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We always have dinner together as a family - even when our schedules are totally hectic. I inherited that from my mom, who would come home from her ad agency job to eat with us before going back to work.
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Government is not just about maintaining the status quo. It's about helping people's lives to work.
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I don't wait for inspiration. I'm not, in fact, quite sure what inspiration is, but I'm sure that if it is going to turn up, my having started work is the precondition of its arrival.
