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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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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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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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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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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I love trying new restaurants.
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Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries.
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When it comes to jobs, jobs are just like products in the sense that the free market operates and sees that somebody gets paid what they're worth.
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On occasion, I used to give presents to the kings, besides the hire that I gave to to their sons who accompany me; and nevertheless, they seized me with my companions.
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The World Cup is every four years, so it's going to be a perennial problem.
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If you're not challenged, you'll get bored.
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To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.
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Building on our Young South-east Asian Leaders Initiative, I'm hopeful that we can continue expand the ties and cooperation between our young people and students.
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There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor.
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Life has changed. People have changed. They are more forgiving, less inclined to rush to judgment. And I have changed.
