Andrea Riseborough Quotes
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I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.
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The politics have always been difficult in medicine. There is some truth in the way medical practice is portrayed in TV dramas.
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And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice.
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I used to do a lot of serious theatre during my school and college days. Comedy was only reserved for youth festival and inter-college competitions. Then once 'The Great Indian Laughter Challenge' was launched, a regional channel in Punjab started a program based on that. I participated in it and emerged as the winner.
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I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there's no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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Why pay a fee for Internet content when a million free sites are just a click away? There's no incentive until people are too addicted to the Net to turn off their computers, yet are bored with what's available.
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A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a few months.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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I have a severe Google Reader habit. I think people will use blog forms and Twitter to contrive fiction.
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It's easy to forget the ever-plodding eBay with all the noise made by the more lithe and lively Web 2.0 companies.
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I saw 'The Artist.' It's really beautiful and it's all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - you really understand the impact of man, even in a place you know well. My work is meant to convince people we can no longer live like this.
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Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.
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One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it... and the journey is always towards the other soul.
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If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
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You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.
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An all-out trade war with China would be damaging to Disney's business and to business in general. It's something I think we have to be very careful about.
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I'm very competitive by nature. And I like to be the underdog - It's the best way to win. To come from behind and win is a great feeling!
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Τῷ δυσπραγοῦντί τ' ἐπιστενάχεινπᾶς τις ἑτοῖμος· δῆγμα δὲ λύπηςοὐδὲν ἐφ' ἧπαρ προσικνεῖται·καὶ ξυγχαίρουσιν ὁμοιοπρεπεῖς,ἀγέλαστα πρόσωπα βιαζόμενοι.
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Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else.
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I think any artist is a perfectionist by their nature.
