Rachel Platten Quotes
I love... different kinds of music. I like classical music and pop music. I like alternative, and I like rap, hip-hop, and I kind of collected all these things that I love, and they infused my sensibilities, and I just wanted to sing because it felt like it needed to come out of me.
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I've always tried to lend my support to worth while causes, and I feel you should use your celebrity to help with worldwide causes and help them gain exposure.
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Nothing is unfilmable.
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Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculous. Maybe it's because I'm British. To me, Julia Roberts that's a movie star. But when people do call me one, that, I think, is an enormous compliment but, my God, is that a responsibility!
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone back to the theater, and it is more satisfying, really, because you get to give a continuous performance - no sequels.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
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The connection that readers have to 'Rookie' has only meant more and more to me as I get older.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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He was so excited. He cut out pictures of these landscapes and neighborhoods and kind of really tried to give you a feel of the movie. It was kind of cute but at the same time it really showed his enthusiasm for it.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.
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One example that has hurt me is that of Aung San Suu Kyi. I admire her a lot, but her unwillingness to protect the Rohingiya Muslims shows how intolerance has seeped into politics and the level at which it has seeped. It immobilises politicians.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon.
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I play sad bastard music. For the money.
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I would hate to be 65 and think, 'What if I had tried to be an actor?'
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I love... different kinds of music. I like classical music and pop music. I like alternative, and I like rap, hip-hop, and I kind of collected all these things that I love, and they infused my sensibilities, and I just wanted to sing because it felt like it needed to come out of me.
