E. M. Forster Quotes
Belfastas uncivilised as ever--savage black mothers in houses of dark red brick, friendly manufacturers too drunk to entertain you when you arrive. It amuses me till I get tired.
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I'm such a foodie, and I actually think I would rather lose my hearing than my taste.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.
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There is more to life than increasing its speed.
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My parents could not be more Italian.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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When Paris has to pee, Paris has to pee!
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I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. But I'm not like Shirley MacLaine, who probably believes we were past lovers in another life.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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Actor's life is very long.
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So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.
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That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies and cut their subsidies. On the micro level we will allow other economic agents, both domestic and foreign, to compete with them.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and everyone else isn't. It's a great movie because everybody is fascinating, and she is at the center of it being amazing.
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I just never, in my career, got into doing a lot of press.
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If women's rights are a problem for some modern Muslim men, it is neither because of the Quran nor the Prophet, nor the Islamic tradition, but simply because those rights conflict with the interests of a male elite.
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In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.
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Rejection should ignite soul-searching, and the soul-searching must be absolutely honest.
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I was doing economic development for minorities. I was getting black folks to use their dollars to help each other.
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I first visited the Philippines when I was 29. I thought I would feel at home there, but I felt more out of place than I did in the U.S. I discovered I was more American than Filipino. It was shattering because I never felt quite at home in the U.S., either.
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Belfastas uncivilised as ever--savage black mothers in houses of dark red brick, friendly manufacturers too drunk to entertain you when you arrive. It amuses me till I get tired.
