Anton du Beke Quotes
There is not a lot of money in competition dancing. There never has been; it's all about winning the trophies, really. It's not like golf.
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I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is going to be coveted whatever his beliefs may be or whoever he may be. That goes to national origin, religious beliefs, or sexuality.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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People tend to associate fairies with princesses, but they couldn't be more different. Princesses have dynastic and domestic pressures, and they get parked on glass hills. Fairies don't have families. They don't clean or cook. They sip nectar from flowers and dance by the light of the moon.
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One of the things I love about acting is that I can enter into these other people's lives. But going back to being me at the end of the day is very important, too. That process of remembering who I am.
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My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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You can over-think things. If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorising rather than being real.
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Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-night stand,' you know, I just can't explain the feeling. It's unreal. You feel like you've just read your diary to thousands of people and they've gone, 'It's okay. We still love you.'
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. They're in search of something worse than that. Money, yeah. I think the media's the kind of a thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun.
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Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time.
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I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.
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I played cello in my high school orchestra.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes.
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People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type as possible, but actors are a lot more versatile than you think!
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The more things remain obscure and mysterious, the more they interest me. I even try to find mystery in things that have none.
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Avoid conducting official Department business from your personal e-mail accounts.
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The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature.
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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I number my drafts, and by the time a book is done, I'll have 75 or 80 drafts of some sections.
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There is not a lot of money in competition dancing. There never has been; it's all about winning the trophies, really. It's not like golf.
