Alastair Campbell Quotes
Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness.
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Life in California is beautiful.
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Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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It's a truism to say that my state, Texas, isn't a red state: It's a nonvoting state.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.
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Most pumpkin dishes involve scooping out the seeds, cutting off the skin, and chopping up the flesh before cooking.
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As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.
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I love the Kerastase Hair Oils and the Philip Kingsley Elasticizer. They're great for making my hair really soft, but to be honest, any cheap conditioner works. Just leave it on and let it soak in, and it really helps, whatever you use.
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I feel like I'm playing more of a role walking down the red carpet than when I'm playing an ordinary woman covered in sweat.
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I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.
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If you're going to see 'City of Ghosts' because you want to understand everything about the Syrian conflict and how to fix it, then it's the wrong film to see.
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It is only in Washington where many still have a lingering animosity for the political parties. My friends, we need to get over it.
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You're in the public eye and you get treated better than royalty, and then you're dropped down to earth with nothing. You may not have any money for rent, and you have no friends because they all think you're big and famous now.
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The film business has changed hugely. You seem to spend about 30 per cent of the time producing the films and 70 per cent talking about it.
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Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness.
