Maggie Smith Quotes
I loved Robert Altman, so gentle yet naughty! And Julian Fellowes writes so beautifully.
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You can be a rapper born and raised in go-go music, violence, drugs, crack, Reagonomics, and still, if you hear 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,' you're going to find a way to hum along. Guilty pleasures? It don't matter. Sue me - I like the song. To dance to it is another matter.
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At MTV, although the audience is smaller, I found it more interesting to deliver news to a specific group of people, because my story then did not have to try to be all things to all people.
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I walk around talking to myself in accents. Usually people look at me like I'm a complete fruit loop.
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It's hard to look inside a person to answer a question about why anybody wants to be president. I suppose a combination of ambition, ego, and a real feeling that he could make a difference and could accomplish some things. All you ever had to do for Jimmy Carter was to tell him something was impossible, and he would usually do it.
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I do admit to being slightly in love with Christopher Walken.
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I don't feel like I necessarily juggle. I just feel like I'm focusing on being a singer/actor. That's what I am, and it's what I do.
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I'm definitely a foodie.
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I'm just an ordinary, walking-down-the-street, mother of two children who sings for her supper.
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We don't wake up happy and looking absolutely perfect and feeling amazing every day, you know? We're only human. So I think, with me, I'm not really scared to let people see that - because it's real.
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I definitely think that myself and Sam will help the Timberwolves.
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I have to satisfy my audience.
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'Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are the characters.
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I didn't really feel that there were any filler tracks on 'The Red Shoes,' but if I were to do that album now, I wouldn't make it so long.
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Are we not all desperate one way or another?
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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The question for politicians here is fundamental: You can read the polls, or you can change the polls. Stand up on the things you believe in.
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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking.
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Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
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I come from a very big family from every economic background. Some of the streets I talk about, I've actually walked on because I have family from there. Jamaica has so many contradictions.
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After my hip operation, I had to cut out butter, which I loved, and salt. I no longer eat desserts with lots of cream, and I've cut right back on alcohol.
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I had some experience when I joined 'The Sopranos' in the last season. My character married Christopher, and everyone loved Adriana. I knew what it was like to join a very beloved, secretive show and following a very iconic character.
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I loved Robert Altman, so gentle yet naughty! And Julian Fellowes writes so beautifully.
