Alberto Sordi Quotes
I adopt a very simple approach. I observe and reflect real life and ordinary people and sooner or later that raises a laugh.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.
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If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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There will be the 5% on the fringe of any hardcore fanbase that get angry about any change you make to the source material. The truth is that novels, games, comics, and what-have-you are not usually ready to be slapped up on screen as-is.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.
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As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasn't made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.
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Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.
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It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different.
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We made no inquiries about India or about the families people had left behind. When our ways of thinking had changed, and we wished to know, it was too late. I know nothing of the people on my father's side; I know only that some of them came from Nepal.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
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I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and '85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do.
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My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made.
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In the 1950s and 60s, geopolitical intrigues did not much engage masses in Asia and Africa; it was something for elites to sort out.
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My whole life, I feel so blessed. I met my wife: I can't get over that I got so lucky. I have two incredible children. I can't believe that I've been so blessed. I've had a career that is way past anything that I've ever dreamed. I get to work in all these different areas with such extraordinary people on every level.
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I adopt a very simple approach. I observe and reflect real life and ordinary people and sooner or later that raises a laugh.
