Anna Lindh Quotes
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The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.
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The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think it's all about control. Acting is vulnerable because you're not in control of anything. You have to give up a lot of your trust; it's up to somebody else what they do with what you've given them.
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The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
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I would never let somebody say that they're me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I stand for.
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Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports?
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.
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I still keep my accent.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
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Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
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You can finish the day's filming or the whole shoot or watch something months later and think you could have done it so much better. It's frustrating.
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The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents.
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I think writing is an extension of a childhood habit - the habit of entertaining oneself by taking interesting bits of reality and building upon them.
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Don't think that the things around you don't count, because they do.
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Writers tend to think they occupy a much more relevant place in society than we actually do. But we really are closer to buffoons and jesters than we are to whistle-blowers or moral guides. Accepting our rather insignificant place in society can be depressing - but it's also freeing.
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So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in.
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My strips are not always funny, and they can be pretty grim at times, and I know I lose readers because of it, but I can't do anything about it - my work is very much connected to something I need to do in order to feel stable.
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Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society.
