India de Beaufort Quotes
I always knew I wanted to work in entertainment, but I actually really wanted to be a singer more than an actress.
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I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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To create something new is both thrilling and excruciating at the same time. It's great to have all these choices in front of you, and to have the writers in the room so you know exactly what they meant. But the downside is you want so badly not to screw it up!
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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When people go through something rough in life, they say, 'I'm taking it one day at a time.' Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works.
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I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.
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My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
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Most people sell stock to pay taxes, but I didn't want to sell any stock.
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Nobody writes like Nabokov; nobody ever will. What I would give to write one sentence like Vladimir!
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The town I came from really had one industry, and that was furniture.
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The narration, in fact, doubles the drama with a commentary without which no mise en scene would be possible.
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When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.
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I always knew I wanted to work in entertainment, but I actually really wanted to be a singer more than an actress.
