Carol Vorderman Quotes
I cannot do the piece-of-talking-meat thing, the 'Here's your money, wear a pretty dress and take the cheque.' I'm not made that way. I have to be as good as I can be at whatever I do.
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I don't have to worry about the obvious things like money.
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Low budget movies make lots of money.
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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.
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A guy running, you know, fifteen, twenty stallions that are two years of age, never been touched by a human before, and you've got to start castrating them, that's pretty intimidating.
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Normally when I look at stuff, I try to look at the good things. When I watch video, I try to watch the good starts so I can see how my mechanics are in those.
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But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.
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The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
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Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.
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A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
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Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.
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I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.
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I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it.
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Real practice means working on stuff you're not good at. Real practice is about butting your head against the wall repeatedly until you get it right.
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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
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Anything with a good story and characters I think would be great.
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I usually find myself hiking in a place that not a lot of people go hiking, just trying to find some solitude. I like being out in the middle of nowhere. Not always, but it's a good place to go to just reflect and think, and it's something I really enjoy.
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I was just, like, all I want to do is be really good at something. Really, really good at something, so people are vaguely impressed by me.
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Nobody has ever said to me that I was pretty, 'til I met Peter Beard.
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I wrote a song with a guy named Brian McKnight, who's a huge R&B guy.
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It's not communism, it's shouldn't be that everybody gets a try no matter how good or bad they are. It's our profession and our art, so we should eventually strive to be working with the best people.
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We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big.
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We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain.
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I feel like in a world where we all try to figure out our place and our purpose here, your passions are one of your most obvious guides.
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I cannot do the piece-of-talking-meat thing, the 'Here's your money, wear a pretty dress and take the cheque.' I'm not made that way. I have to be as good as I can be at whatever I do.
