Eliza Doolittle Quotes
As a writer, I try to do different things, but I'm not going to become a darker artist or turn into Radiohead overnight. I don't think that's my style.
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Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.
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Don't get between me and a really good picture in the darkroom, because then I want to go straight to the darkroom and develop it. But once that's done, I'm fine.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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I'm not really a mainstream novelist!
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
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When we do an investment, we always ask, 'Can we affect the outcome? When buying a company, can we have an impact?' That's a different style of investing than a passive investor in the stock market. To me, that's how you're taking the risk out of it. You know what your capability is and how you can enhance value.
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I'm going to fight to the death for a public option.
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I was very excited to work with Nick Jarecki and, of course, to be in a film with Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon!
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport.
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I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.
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We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture.
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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We don't take anything when we pass away, and we need to do with the sense of responsibility.
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I said yes too much. I said yes to certain projects that weren't for me. It was somebody else's vision and somebody else's dream and somebody else's artistic endeavor, but it didn't necessarily fit in my grand scheme.
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The burned hand teaches best. After that, advice about fire goes to the heart.
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Secretary Clinton and I have worked well together, but the Arab Spring is a different question... This administration, collectively, made some very bad decisions, and they now have to climb out of a deep hole.
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As a writer, I try to do different things, but I'm not going to become a darker artist or turn into Radiohead overnight. I don't think that's my style.
