Anton du Beke Quotes
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We can build the fence. We can triple the border patrol. We can end sanctuary cities by cutting off funding to them. We can end welfare for those here illegally.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
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I'm ready to do something with Lady Gaga or Andrea Bocelli. I'm really grateful that nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
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I still like my antique clothes.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
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You change the world by being yourself.
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I've been acting since age 8. I just stopped enjoying it as much as I used to.
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I draw on a lot of cinematic influences like Ingmar Bergman and Wim Wenders, artists who let a story take its time. Comics are a visual medium, and visuals should be allowed to tell some of that story.
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I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.
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The artistic life is a long, lovely suicide.
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About the time I turned 50, I experienced the profound biological change that often accompanies women at that age. Also, I put two kids in college and lost both of my parents, so I'm no longer somebody's daughter.
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Dogmas take endless forms, and when you can persuade different people to hold opposing dogmas, the manipulation of conflict and control through 'divide and rule' becomes easy. It is happening today in the same way - more so, in fact - as it has throughout human history.
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I don't mind how good or bad my partner is, as long as we have a lovely time.
