Adrienne Kennedy Quotes
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A president can't go to every memorial service.
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It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.
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I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.
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Bulking up for the Twilight films was one of the hardest things I've done... I had to give myself a lot of pep talks, as there was just so much gym time.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
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I was, by the way - I'm an Essex lad, born and raised in Essex in the U.K.
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There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. But God as my witness, I am going to try to do everything I can to keep this ass together for as long as I possibly can - without going against nature.
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In times of crisis, the incumbent suffers. And the bigger the crisis, the greater the punishment inflicted on those in power unless they do something that makes a change.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.
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I paint, and painting gives me my much needed break from my routine. Painting was a subject in my school, and I developed a liking for the lines and colours and started practising in my free time. It helps me de-stress amidst my hectic shooting schedules.
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I understand a ship to be made for the carrying and preservation of the cargo, and so long as the ship can be saved, with the cargo, it should never be abandoned. This Union likewise should never be abandoned unless it fails and the possibility of its preservation shall cease to exist, without throwing passengers and cargo overboard.
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I don't have any stigma attached to my body. When I'm in my own private space, I have very little on.
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I have never been able to read Agatha Christie - the pleasure is purely in the puzzle, and the reader is toyed with by someone who didn't decide herself who the killer was until the end of the writing.
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One of my big goals as a human being is to continue to write what's really happening to me, even if it's a tough pill to swallow for people around me... I do fear that if I ever were to have someone in my life who mattered, I would second-guess every one of my lyrics.
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I mean, the only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.
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I know the pundits don't agree with me.
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Look here brother, who you jivin' with that cosmik debris?
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I've never boxed in my life, never been in a military base in my life, never grew up with anyone in the military.
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Know that even when you want to give up or throw in the towel, in the end it will all be worth the hard work.
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I'm very heavily involved in the editorial post-production process, and the camera - it's just such a big part of my storytelling language. I like creating the tension; I like creating the emotion through the movement of my camera, or the lack of movement through my camera, depending on what fits the scene best.
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I get excited by landscape.
