Lydia Leonard Quotes
Professionally, I was at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and did lots of things there, and then I won the BBC Carlton Hobbs Award, so I did some BBC Radio drama work, which is a lovely way to start out because you work with lots of great people, and you're working all the time, so you're learning rather than sitting around and waitressing.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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I never left doo wop.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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In India, by and large, women are not educated enough to be bread winners and, within the moorings of traditional cultures, do not have the courage and the capacity to leave the matrimonial home. Given the inequality prevalent in family structures, the woman's right to opt out is suicidal.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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But because our organization has grown so much and in so many different ways, the delegation process places responsibility and authority on the shoulders of people you can watch grow and watch the way they treat others.
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I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.
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The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.
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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
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There has been a terrible hemorrhage of educated women to the West where they can flourish. I understand, but it is terrible. We must stay home.
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Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.
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I can't form a total picture of things. Because I'm not her.
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My dream evening is wearing my sweatpants, eating something delicious and watching TV with my boyfriend.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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In chamber music, the audience can hear each instrument and understand (and feel) what the composer and the musicians have in mind as they play.
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I'll try to say a little more: Love went on and on Until it reached an open door - Then Love Itself Love Itself was gone.
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Actors look at life in a different way. When I meet people, I know that one day I may portray that person or someone like them. It may be a cop or a homeless guy. It helps you to pay more attention to people. Everyone I meet, I retain something from them, something from their personality. It helps me to portray realism in my work.
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Professionally, I was at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and did lots of things there, and then I won the BBC Carlton Hobbs Award, so I did some BBC Radio drama work, which is a lovely way to start out because you work with lots of great people, and you're working all the time, so you're learning rather than sitting around and waitressing.
