Lena Headey Quotes
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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
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The 'army camp' that coordinates the agencies of our brain is vulnerable, both in itself and from within. In effect, he who can know and master its functioning and psychology from outside can become twice its master.
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Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
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I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region.
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If you look at art history, at Goya or Gainsborough, it's always about acknowledging the people of your time who have influence.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
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I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.
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High school is the time to find yourself and to explore with fashion and create your own identity.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
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I love words. They're fun. I don't think any word can just be filler. There's no room for it. It's like a puzzle. Every song can be written a million times. How can you say it differently?
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Beauty has as many meanings as man has moods. Beauty is the symbol of symbols. Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. When it shows us itself, it shows us the whole fiery-coloured world.
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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.
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I would like to see more new productions of new material by new composers/lyricists/book writers. I would like to see people take more chances. I think because everything costs so much they're not taking the chances they used to.
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It's sort of the mixed blessing of being on television for so long in one thing; sometimes that backfires, in that you're not able to continue on.
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Second only to the sea, the Miami sky has been the greatest comfort in my life past 50. On a good day, when the wind blows from the south, the light here is diffuse and forgiving.
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Patience is the secret to good food.
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I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
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We'd been away for a year and we needed to come back with a big impact, but just another dance track would not have broken any new ground. As far as I'm concerned 'Firestarter' set a whole new level for English music, that's my honest opinion, crossing the barriers between punk and dance. Keith re-invented himself and it was a great introduction to him. It was onvincing but not just because it was #1. The track sounds like it means business, the way Keith delivers the vocals, the music has such attitude. It was a landmark.
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It's funny, when I'm not on the road or doing stuff with Bad Company - or whatever- I've always written songs galore... a lot of stuff people don't even hear.
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My memories are inside me – they're not things or a place – I can take them anywhere.
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I love the chance to train with someone like Mark Twight.
