Lesley Manville Quotes
I had two starts, really. The first was going to the Italia Conti stage school, aged 15. I'd gone to sing, but one day I found myself doing an improvisation and thought, 'Oh God, I quite like this acting thing.' The second start was meeting Mike Leigh when I was 22. He showed me I could play people that weren't like me.
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I'm ready to stretch my legs. I'm ready to jump in the ring.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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Chicken and horse meat are the best foods for weightlifters, and good food is important.
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Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I moved to New York - I attended NYU, did a BFA in Acting at NYU. I was really into hip-hop, so I started battling, like '8 Mile.' I used to rap battle.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.
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As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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The entertainment business hasn't had a new idea in years.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
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All of my life people have thought of me as Bing Crosby's daughter. Now they'll remember me as the person who shot J.R.
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Congress ought to wipe the stain of barbaric lynching from the banners of a free and orderly representative democracy.
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What is it going to take to dismantle the systems that keep me from being able to live well and that keep me and so many other people from being able to access the things that we need and deserve?
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I had two starts, really. The first was going to the Italia Conti stage school, aged 15. I'd gone to sing, but one day I found myself doing an improvisation and thought, 'Oh God, I quite like this acting thing.' The second start was meeting Mike Leigh when I was 22. He showed me I could play people that weren't like me.
