Edward Bond Quotes
Our lives are awkward and fragile and we have only one thing to keep us sane: pity, and the man without pity is mad.
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I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.
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The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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I never saw 'Titanic' as a springboard for bigger films or bigger pay cheques. I knew it could have been that, but I knew it would have destroyed me.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.
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I have to be careful what I eat before going onstage, to avoid an upset stomach.
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When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.
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My parents had normal jobs, and I didn't just want to work all day, and so I thought if I could break into music I wouldn't have to work all day. And I had an uncle who was on Broadway, so I was like, 'I have to be able to sing.'
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Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes.
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We have a bad image in the world, I've got to admit. I just want people to think twice about Colombia. Don't go by the first impression.
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It was a big-time change, coming off the bench.
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A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever.
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I remember telling the agent, 'I don't want to do anything but Broadway.' She was like, 'That's not really possible because there is not that much Broadway. So I'll send you out on TV and stuff like that.'
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All of us want to live, and that is absolutely natural. However, we should learn from childhood on to choose our best way to die. If we don't do that, we end up spending our days like a dog, only in search of harbour, food and expressing a blind loyalty to his owner in return. That isn't enough to make our lives have a meaning.
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I made friends with a boy who was a communist when I was 13 and that broadened my political views, but it also brought me into conflict with my father who was very Right-wing.
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One of the ways usually that you build a bipartisan agreement is one side gives up a little, and the other side gives up a little.
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Salespeople are the most vital people in any business. Without sales, the biggest and most sophisticated companies shut down. Sales are the spark plug in the engine of free enterprise. There is a direct relationship between the success of the sales community and the success of the entire country.
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Jeff Foxworthy had that whole "You might be a redneck" thing; Larry the Cable Guy had "Git-R-Done." Some comics have that hook. Dane Cook had that super finger. So I just caught on early on. I ran with "Fluffy."
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Government is good at one thing: It knows how to break your legs, hand you a crutch, and say, 'See, if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk.'
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Our lives are awkward and fragile and we have only one thing to keep us sane: pity, and the man without pity is mad.
