J. B. Priestley Quotes
Most writers enjoy two periods of happiness – when a glorious idea comes to mind and, secondly, when a last page has been written and you haven’t had time to know how much better it ought to be.
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We don't have to have the same truths or personal belief systems to love one another and get along.
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I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.
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I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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Women with minimal access to resources and no access to child care have limited choices that too often mean low-wage and part-time labor. In rural communities in the developing world, when women farmers have unequal access to fertilizers or training, their farm productivity lags behind men.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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I'm a collecting maniac and I buy a lot of books and records. I have over thousand cds.
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With the mega – fame came the mega – downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
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As humans we like to laugh at our fears, we like to whistle in the dark.
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I chose the Republican Party early on in the 1950s and 1960s in Massachusetts. My father was a Republican, as was my mother, in Virginia.
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Most writers enjoy two periods of happiness – when a glorious idea comes to mind and, secondly, when a last page has been written and you haven’t had time to know how much better it ought to be.
