Lesley Garrett Quotes
I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
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When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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I was never one to sit down and write a plan for my future.
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I am very emotional. It took me many years to recover from the death of my father. Even when I was playing cricket, I wasn't happy. I would just sit and cry. I was very young. He was too young; he shouldn't have gone. Cricket is all right. We all play sport. Good and bad days come.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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They always say, 'Time heals.' But it really doesn't. You just get used to it. I live life with the mentality of 'OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.' So going forward, anything bad that happens can't be nearly as bad as what happened before.
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The interweb's got a weird vibe.
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I am a journalist.
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On 'Grey's Anatomy' I wouldn't care what I was playing - I would play a corpse, 'cause I love it that much. It is deep true love, and it will never die.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both.
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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We must curtail the flow of illegal immigrants across the Mexican border.
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The Oscar buzz when I was nominated was totally overwhelming. I think I can cope with anything now that I've coped with that. It was huge. It makes you realize, coming from a small country like Australia, what an enormous industry it is in America.
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His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
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Sleeping is forbidden at the age of 22. It's all work and no play.
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What is the basic principle of democracy? In the end, it is loyalty to the nation. We Central Europeans know from historical experience that sooner or later, we will lose our freedom if we do not represent the interests of our citizens.
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Right before I got 'Sons of Anarchy,' I actually quit acting for 18 months and didn't read a single script, and I wrote a film. I felt like I needed to do something that I had control over, as an artist, and also just do something where I felt like I had some control over my life, as just a human, out in the world.
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My favorite outfit is like a 'Peaky Blinders' kind of look. I have a really old-man style.
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If I wake up one day and people tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good music and having fun. That 'sex symbol' thing is typically part of being in the limelight. You better be very talented in your music, but it's good to be nice to look at, I guess.
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I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.
