Alistair Cooke Quotes
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I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
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Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
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I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.
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I never had teenage years. I guess because I was seen to be more adult than anybody around me.
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I don't understand why women journalists always ask women about motherhood? It's far more important and interesting for women to talk about their work, their thoughts, their creativity and their individual identity.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.
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Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
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The more love I craved, the more distant and abusive he grew. The role I longed to play was never written into Ryan's script: daughter.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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Chances are you're using overeating as a way to escape yourself. It's an attempt not to feel or think about what you really need to feel and face.
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I'm a big Hall and Oates fan.
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Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold.
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I admire people who have that integrity, who know how to peacefully move through a situation - and it's reflected in how they deal with things like loss.
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I have an aim - I have a clear aim in my mind, and the aim is that I do not like what I see in Indian politics; it is something that is inside my heart.
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As it becomes longer at No. 1, I feel more and more pressure. Everybody is trying to grab every piece of me.
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I'm more of a homebody. I'm constantly asked: 'Why don't we see you out?' But that's not what drives me. I prefer to have people over - which I do a lot, because I bought a house that's way too big for me, and four of my friends live there.
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Unless I can come in in the morning and smile, walk in the lobby and say, 'Good morning!' - if I am stressed - I am not going to do a good job. Everybody is watching us. They are feeding off of our energy.
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You can try to take sorrow and make it into something enduring, meaningful and beautiful. I always feel guilty that this is my job, that I get to do this.
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Since most of the transmission is sexual transmission, you have a regional or local response to the virus.
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You've got to go out there and do your things. Whatever comes your way, you jump on it, and like anything, that's how you get your experience.
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It's an acting job - acting natural.
