Alan Ladd Quotes
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'Skins' is about a group of teenagers in Bristol, and it's all about what they get up to and all the different things they do. I think it's a good show because it's come from a very real place, and there's a lot of young people involved in the writing.
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There must be right and wrong answers to questions of morality and values that potentially fall within the purview of science. On this view, some people and cultures will be right (to a greater or lesser degree), and some will be wrong, with respect to what they deem important in life.
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Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
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I want to make sure that people know that I can only be myself - I can't be a spokesperson for people with disabilities, because everybody has a completely different experience. I'm glad that I'm able to inspire parents to see one way to deal with it, but at the same time, I tell a lot of dirty jokes.
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When you broaden the little box that you've been living in for so long, it can be very uncomfortable at first.
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I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.
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God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.
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I'm an off-the-charts introvert. To me, being around groups of strangers is exhausting. I've had to sort of train myself to think about two tactics: finding common ground and invoking humor.
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The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball.
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When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
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I don't look at myself as a writer; I am a storyteller.
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It's been an ambition of mine, before I even wanted to act, to be involved in animation.
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The reality is that politicians, in terms of the amount of power they wield and the amount that they work, don't actually make that much money.
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I'm close to both my parents and very proud of what they've achieved.
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I'm not the new Cameron Diaz. I'm not the new Keira Knightley, either. I don't know where these ideas come from. I'd rather be thought of as the one and only Laura Haddock. I'll happily settle for that.
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When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in.
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There is very little room for relaxation, but as long as I capitalize on those brief moments of peace, I'm okay with that.
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Especially right after 9/11. Especially when the war in Afghanistan is going on. There was a real sense that you don't get that critical of a government that's leading us in war time.
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One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education.
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The active and abandoned tailings ponds I have photographed, for example, are strangely beautiful - yet they are also chock full of cyanide, which is used in the recovery of microscopic particles of gold from the waste tailings of copper mines.
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Please watch a little less television. Maybe post a few less comments about the lunch you had today.
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The innocence of virgins is like milk which turns when exposed to a clap of thunder, to a tart smell, to a hot day, to the merest nothing.
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I never liked the idea of giving interviews. One says many things, but when they are published, they become shortened, condensed. The ideas lose their meaning.
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Strangers still leave me self-conscious.
