Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in.
Kate Winslet -
Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished.
Karl Lagerfeld -
I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.
Randa Abdel-Fattah -
A painter once told me that I'm like the Khajuraho, which you see once but which remains with you forever. I thought that was exquisite.
Vidya Balan -
I myself am mixed race - my mother is Korean, and my father is an American Jew - so I've always felt other.
Gabrielle Zevin -
Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society.
Zaha Hadid
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It's often out of my own insecurity. If I'm picky, it's for that reason. I want to be able to bring my best to the table. So if I'm not connecting to something, then I'm not gonna hold up my end of the bargain, and that's really embarrassing.
Rachel McAdams -
I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.
Dale Earnhardt -
The sound of a golf game is very different than the sound of a football game.
Parker Posey -
One of the things that may appeal to teenagers is that vampires never change - they're frozen in that age.
Nancy A. Collins -
The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see.
Carly Fiorina -
I feel whatever an actor does on screen is something the actor 'does,' and what the director can do is to tell, talk or instruct. So, all the credit for an actor's performance goes to the actor alone.
Imtiaz Ali
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I like being the lead but I like being in an ensemble. There are different challenges and dilemmas with both. If you're carrying a film, there's a certain weight, but there are a lot of scenes to explore the character. When you're in an ensemble, you have to convey the entire character in a limited number of scenes.
Carla Gugino -
If the scope of freedom and respect for the rule of law shrinks around the world, the likelihood of war within and between nations increases, and our own freedoms will eventually be threatened.
Barack Obama -
If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity.
Oscar Wilde -
We are not working out issues anymore. We are working on a parallel universe, with competing proposals, up or down votes.
Olympia Snowe -
Jesus, when he was on Earth, he was out there helping people, right? Why did he perform those miracles? To call attention to his profession. Why do you think I do these incredible feats? To call attention to my profession!
Jack LaLanne -
Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
Barnabe Barnes
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In our group, it was a necessary requirement that one has to be able to collaborate.
Jacques Dubochet -
I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations.
Ronan Farrow -
I think it's so trite to say you have lead characters. It's like someone saying I'm the lead in my life.
Lena Waithe -
There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.
Samuel Johnson -
Sleeping on a plank has one advantage - it encourages early rising.
Alexandre Dumas