Alastair Campbell Quotes
There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond coverage of politics.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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My parents spent 16 years hauling my butt to L.A. for audition after audition. I remember always hoping I could help take care of them because they took such good care of me.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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I like being unconventional.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
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I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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I wouldn't say I'm vain - I'm just in a job where the way you look is important. Well, at least the facelift wasn't vanity, but the hair was.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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I feel like I've been the star of my own show for a while now. I was always putting on shows as a kid, and obviously, my household was really creative.
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Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
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The Busted thing happened when I was 16. I saw an opportunity, took it and it was better than being at school. It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band.
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My first year on 'SNL', I made $90,000 dollars. And I bought a red Corvette for $45,000 dollars. I'm thinking, 'I've got 45 grand left!' Taxes didn't even come into my equation. At the end of the first year of making 90 grand I was 25, 30 in the hole. We live in this baller, spend-money culture.
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Society has low standards for what is considered good or great music.
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There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond coverage of politics.
