Lesley Manville Quotes
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I don't mind being interviewed on television or radio.
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Winning is everything in Hollywood.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour.
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In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?
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Jesus Christ was a patriot! His country was the world. His laws were the eternal principles of liberty, and his followers, in every age, have been the chosen champions of freedom!
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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When I got to college, I was intending to study film. But I found that my brain was feeling mushy, so I took a few math classes. I started doing really well at them, and solving equations was this, like, drug rush.
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What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.
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I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that.
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I am really focused on how I can improve myself and the world around me.
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When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
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When you work on a movie, you just have no idea how it's going to come out; you hope it's good, but you don't really know, and you don't see it until about six or nine months afterward, and I saw it and was pretty pleased.
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Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition.
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I have been very pleased at the response we have got for 'SVSC.'
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I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent, and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up.
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There is no such thing as a typical season, not for the Cardinals, not for San Diego, not for Minnesota.
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I'm a little bit of a hippie at heart, so I always wear things that are comfortable and flowing.
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As an artist, you reflect the world around you. To do that, you must dive in, take risks, fall on your face, win, and sometimes lose a great deal.
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Be magnificent. Life's short. Get out there. You can do it. Everyone can do it. Everyone.
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I think our songwriting has evolved. We can show that we have continued to branch out and do different stuff and incorporate different instruments. When it comes to writing, I think that we have pushed the envelope. We can do whatever we want to try - a longer song or a shorter song, some different instruments, some piano, an intro with just vocals, something that's scathing. Whatever. However we feel the song should go, that's what we will do. With that mindset, I think it's made us better writers.
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I try to keep the more uninteresting stuff to a minimum, unless I'm really broke.
