Lindsay Duncan Quotes
You're not cast because you're like someone or because you're sympathetic to them. You're cast because you can act.
Quotes to Explore
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More modern poetry is written than read.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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You can't leave the thing that you are, the house that has become your biography.
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I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
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I tell the government, if people have no jobs, you are in trouble. Government will be in trouble. My job is to help more people have jobs.
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A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit an extra word or syllable into each line without tripping myself up.
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Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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I always approach every role through a lens of comedy.
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The imperial province should have a university, the prefectures should have colleges, and the counties should have day schools.
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I do not find it easy to articulate thoughts about religion. I remain the sort of person who turns off 'Thought for the Day' when it comes on the radio.
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I think I just have to control what I can control. I can control myself. I can't control anything else but what I do. I definitely know I can do a better job at that.
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There have been so many great moments in golf that you even forget some of them.
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It goes way, way back when we were under Sweden's rule. We always think they are better than us. We played against them so often for so many years. Every country has one opponent they want to beat and for us, it's Sweden.
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One of the most important things, actually, when you're playing on grass, is to move.
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Creatively, I've always wanted to be different as it relates to my craft, and reggae, being a part of my culture, makes up a percentage of that uniqueness. The only definition I can think of to describe my style is 'OMI.'
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Drilling is risky because finding oil is only half the job. The real challenge is finding the money to pump the oil.
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In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.
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Most cornmeal producers don't tell you when their cornmeal was milled, which makes it difficult to know how long the product has been sitting in the store before you bought it.
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I've always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.
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I love being as bad as possible! You've got to love a bad girl. Look at 'Gone With the Wind,' Scarlett O'Hara - total bad girl, but you love her.
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I showed sideboob. I don't need to show ass. You get one or the other. You don't get both.
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Doing the right thing doesn't always bring success. But compromising ethics almost always leads to failure.
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You're not cast because you're like someone or because you're sympathetic to them. You're cast because you can act.
