Marianne Faithfull Quotes
Life has changed. People have changed. They are more forgiving, less inclined to rush to judgment. And I have changed.
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me.
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Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
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I've never played a gay character on screen, so that would be interesting. I've never played a gay character, and that would fascinate me because I'm not gay, so that would interest me.
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Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.
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Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
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I'm the same guy at that podium preaching to the people on every single song. I'm not doing a dance for you on another song. It's all a direct assault.
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When we show people that something is possible that they didn't think was possible it does more than just change things. It changes the way people think about the possibility of things changing. It helps them see that life is not the same day-after day, unsurprising, unending drudgery that so much of life teaches them that it is. And that is a huge contribution to their humanity.
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Meditation is a really powerful tool I have for life now. The only reason I know about it is because I was stressing about writing and a friend taught me it. It's been useful.
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Life has changed. People have changed. They are more forgiving, less inclined to rush to judgment. And I have changed.
