Alison Moyet Quotes
I threw away the whole of my working history, my photograph albums, diaries and stage clothes. Shoving big, ugly discs on walls is a bit like rubbing people's faces in it, saying 'I am considerably richer than you.' It is completely unnecessary.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.
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People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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When I look at acting careers that I really admire, I see that it's been a precise decision-making process for these people. They make decisions based on what they love, and they do only the things that they are passionate about. They play only characters that they can't stop thinking about.
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I am strictly against remaking a movie.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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If I did a talk show, this would allow me to speak on what's happening at that moment. I can be current, and I get to flex my stand-up muscle but stay at home without doing the traveling.
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I'm really familiar with what Cardboard's doing; it's not a novel concept. Cardboard is in many ways a direct ripoff of FOV2GO, a project I helped work on when I was at ICT, and it was fairly well known in the academic VR community.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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My life has taken me down several different paths I never expected it to take me down. Not in a million years.
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We must not let daylight in upon the magic.
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In September 2005, I was three things: the media blogger for 'FishbowlNY,' a maniacal Daily Show fan, and the only person to smuggle a tape recorder and camera into a big Magazine Publishers of America event featuring Jon Stewart interviewing five hotshot magazine editors in an unbelievable bloodbath.
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I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.
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I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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The most entertaining songs don't always come from a nice place. In songs where I think I'm being really sensitive, they seem quite boring actually. I've found that the songs that come out of nastier, more misanthropic places are better.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
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I threw away the whole of my working history, my photograph albums, diaries and stage clothes. Shoving big, ugly discs on walls is a bit like rubbing people's faces in it, saying 'I am considerably richer than you.' It is completely unnecessary.
