Bel Powley Quotes
I want to play a range, from victims to strong people, just as long as it's a well-rounded character. And it's not a woman who's just there for the purpose of the man.
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A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it could not have been written by a man.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'
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After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a song that I need to sing.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.
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My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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I know basic things about belly dancing, but not the technicalities; I want to learn it. I want to learn belly dancing.
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This adoration of an artist as a lone genius is quite misled, I think, because they are very much part of their time and their community.
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It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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Music has that ability to be a magical thing, and I was like, maybe music is the vehicle that transports us to that other world.
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Mercenary is whoever thinks less of his work than of the money he receives for doing it; and social conditions which impose tasks that make this inevitable are barbarous.
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The first five years that I did Cerebus I could have made more money baby-sitting (that isn't a joke). Five years. Think about it. (p. 20)
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I realize now that people are not thinking about you and me or caring what is said about us. They are thinking about themselves-before breakfast, after breakfast, and right on until ten minutes past midnight. They would be a thousand times more concerned about a slight headache of their own than they would about the news of your death or mine.
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True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale.
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We do not play on Graves— Because there isn't Room— Besides—it isn't even—it slants And People come— And put a Flower on it— And hang their faces so— We're fearing that their Hearts will drop— And crush our pretty play— And so we move as far As Enemies—away— Just looking round to see how far It is—Occasionally—
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I want to play a range, from victims to strong people, just as long as it's a well-rounded character. And it's not a woman who's just there for the purpose of the man.
