Lord Byron Quotes
I should like to know who has been carried off, except poor dear me - I have been more ravished myself than anybody since the Trojan war.
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I liked animals better than people. That's one of the reasons I wanted to be a vet - then I found out that every pet had a person that owned 'em.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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I can't really recall the first time I was noticed by a producer but the first time I was on television was doing Daytime for Another World, which I started in December '75 and went until December '76.
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I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next.
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'Orphan Black' allows for people to have debates and theories and allegiances to different characters - to trust characters and hate other characters - but it doesn't tell you who is good or bad or right or wrong. That's the most exciting storytelling, in my book.
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From where many of us in the U.K. sit, American politics is hopelessly polarized. All kinds of issues get bundled up into two great heaps. The rest of the world, today and across the centuries, simply doesn't see things in this horribly oversimplified way.
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You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you.
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I have my own language and it's high time I put a little of it out there.
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I'm the oldest of three girls. My sisters say I can be bossy.
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A place of freedom is the best place to have the most creativity.
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The world is deterministic, but it's chaotic and emergent.
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What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive.
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My dad, for the first 15 years of my career, on every visit he made to a play or a film set, would find the oldest person on set and say, 'Do you think my son has a future?'
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Every time I've been on Everest, people have died, though not in any expedition I was part of.
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I envy people who write easily. I enjoy the process, but it's not easeful for me.
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I'm not looking to be a superstar. I just want to be in a room with good people who are similar to me and are at least open to things that I have to say.
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I've kissed just three people in my life, other than stuff that I've done for TV or movies. I know - I'm weird!
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I could have sworn that the man's eyes were no longer watching his daughter dying in agony, that instead the gorgeous colors of flames and the sight of a woman suffering in them were giving him joy beyond measure.
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As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.
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There is always something to be thankful for. If you can't pay your bills, you can be thankful you are not one of your creditors.
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I think country has the biggest melodies ever.
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I should like to know who has been carried off, except poor dear me - I have been more ravished myself than anybody since the Trojan war.
