Abi Morgan Quotes
One of the things I think I can do in my lifetime is stop to remind myself that - and keep affirming that - women can sell movies.
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There is always pressure in football.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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I was quite thin, and I didn't have to worry until I had my appendix out and a mysterious metabolic change occurred.
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I loved Adam Sandler's early stuff. I thought it was so cool how irreverent and weird he would get.
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Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead.
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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We happen to be the vanguard of that revolutionary struggle because we are the most dispossessed.
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I did not destroy the 43 volumes of my diary, which report on all these events and the share I had in them; but of my own accord I handed them voluntarily to the officers of the American Army who arrested me.
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There are lots of come-from-behind wins, games getting tied in the last period, teams going on to win. That, I think, tells the best story. Whether or not some teams have more grit, better chemistry, or more luck or more skill, it's still within the parameters. I think that makes for great storytelling and great interest for our fans.
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The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.
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Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
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The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West.
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I never liked the men I loved and never loved the men I liked.
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I was never really into partying.
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I'm still a Chicagoan in the fact that I can't do Christmas with sand and palm trees. It just doesn't compute - it's not Christmas unless your face hurts when you step outside.
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One of the things I think I can do in my lifetime is stop to remind myself that - and keep affirming that - women can sell movies.
