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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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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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 lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.
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When you are reading about a book, you focus on the main character, of course. When you have something in common with them and connect with them, you remember the lessons they learned, and then you can apply them to your life. So you can live the best life you can.
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I have copies of the books my grandfather illustrated for Scribner's in each house. I read those books all the time.
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Bad things happen when people work together. Everything goes out of control.
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As far as my solo record, I don't want a gold record or anything, I'm happy to be small and to have the people appreciate the music who really like me for being me.
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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.
