Elisabeth Sladen Quotes
Sometimes good television doesn't depend on money, it depends on imagination and good people directing, casting and doing the job with talented people.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem and your identity start to become wrapped up in that celebrity, and when that starts to fade away, your self-esteem and your identity start to fade away with it.
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did. So after that, I switched to Communications.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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I had a very distant relationship with my father. It was always just me and my mother. It was a shattering blow when she died. I was 16.
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Every time I've done a fund raiser, I've been blown away by the amount of money and the generosity that our fans have.
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Only out of great vulnerability do you discover what strength you have. Having a daughter who I love with all my being has helped me mine the source of that strength to previously unknown depths.
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'A methodical people,' pulsed the voice of Kesa Khan. 'They call themselves civilized because they can build tall castles and pitch their tents with geometric precision, but from here you can see the reality. Ants build in the same way. Are they civilized?'
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Sometimes good television doesn't depend on money, it depends on imagination and good people directing, casting and doing the job with talented people.
