Annette Bening Quotes
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A dog is a pitiful thing, depending wholly on companionship, and utterly lost except in packs or by the side of his master. Leave him alone, and he does not know what to do except bark and howl and trot about till sheer exhaustion forces him to sleep.
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It's a great time of the year... if you can stand it.
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The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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I am neither left wing nor right wing. I am middle-of-the-bird.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stuff that's not needed.
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I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
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My idea of success is not Oscars. Am I glad I have that little trinket? Yes, I am. But it depends on how you define success. The minute I got my first professional cheque from Joel Schumacher, I was successful. Somebody's paying me to act!
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After the 'Grey Album,' everyone thought of me as the hip-hop guy, the remix maestro. I didn't know how to show them otherwise.
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The only duty an artist has is in the quality of the art. There is no moral obligation to denounce. An artist confronted with a tremendous injustice sometimes feels inclined to say something. Denouncing the situation is the artist's choice.
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Littlenecks and cherrystones are chewy and sweet on the half shell with mignonette, served raw. But a well-cooked clam is a toothsome, tender thing, full of that magical stuff known as clam liquor.
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Over there, Kevin McHale, I feel like I'm talking to someone I know. It's just a total different atmosphere.
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And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about.
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Growing up in South London, we went to a school where there were not that many Jewish kids. I love being Jewish in L.A.; it feels really normal. The culture seems to be integrated into Hollywood. Everyone uses Yiddish words like 'schlep' and 'schmooze.' That's what I love about New York, too.
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I don't want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my twenties.
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Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.
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No one can deny the excitement of visiting another world.
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He was once our trumpeter, now his bugle's dumb, Pile your arms beneath it, for the owlet light is come, We'll wander through the roses where we marched of old with Peterkin, We'll search the summer sunset where the Hybla beehives hum, And - if we meet a fairy there - we'll ask for news of Peterkin.
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I can't write a novel without first really doing reporting. I don't even call it research; it's reporting. That process is very important to the granularity of my writing. I have to know what the reality is so I can be more convincing in the writing.
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The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes – ah, that is where the art resides.
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I am in awe of Ruth Draper.
