Leslie Caron Quotes
The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra.
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I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around.
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Drug manufacturers could afford to sell AIDS drugs in Africa at virtually any discount. The companies said they did not do so because Africa lacked the requisite infrastructure.
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I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.
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Part of my job as Children's Laureate is to visit schools and talk about my love of books and stories and encourage them all to do it as well - to read, to write, to never be afraid of their own voice. Because we all have something to say.
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Focus on being balanced - success is balance.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three people against the elements, so that was the biggest influence on 'Frozen.'
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There's a lot of cruelty going on all the time, and I'm not just talking about inter-human cruelty. I'm talking about whole species becoming extinct, asteroids hitting planets, black holes gobbling up stars.
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I've been really lucky.
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The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world.
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Without a functioning hippocampus, names, dates, and other information falls straight through the mind like a sieve.
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Kittens are wide-eyed, soft and sweet. With needles in their jaws and feet.
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Stupid is a great force in human affairs.
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My training has always been really tough. I've always worked hard. I've always been very committed to my training and focused on my workout.
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One of the things government should be around for is to deal with catastrophes. It should do that well. To me, that's a government function, and we shouldn't be playing political games with it.
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There are a lot of distractions when you're in creative industries like publishing or fashion or media, and it's a real blessing to have witnessed some of those up close at a young age. I think when you get past the glamour, that's when you get to the good stuff - the stuff that really feeds your soul and enriches you as a person.
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When Beverly and I got together in 1992, and I moved to be with her in the little round house she'd built in the middle of 20 acres of woods near Amity, I found myself immersed in a natural setting that I responded to with all my being.
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Women need to learn to value themselves. But that has to be inculcated in men as much as women.
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When I visited Vietnam for Oxfam, the thing that really struck me was how the local farmers had to prepare to evacuate or climb to their mezzanines with their valuable family possessions.
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Dear God, today I pray that I do the least amount of harm and the most amount of good. Amen.
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'St. Trinian's' is probably taking it to the extreme, but in essence it's saying, 'If you be yourself, you can do whatever you want,' and it's sort of a fun message.
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We owe it to ourselves to keep healthy this marvelous world we've been given.
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I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra.
