Colin Firth Quotes
Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.
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You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
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I certainly feel that the time is not far distant when a knowledge of the principles of diet will be an essential part of one's education. Then mankind will eat to live, be able to do better mental and physical work and disease will be less frequent.
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Beauty is whatever gives joy.
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The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.
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'American Idol,' for me, is fizzling out. They can't package me, man... I'm an artist that's created this concept but used the 'American Idol' machine as a marketing tool.
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If people make a lot of introductions, should they get recognized for it? I've never seen a score showing who's a good connector. That'd be useful, right?
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In 2008, I was in a London park when I came across a fledgling crow that had fallen from the top of an oak tree. A woman happened to be passing, and she said that she rescued animals, so she invited me back to her house. It turned out she was the wife of Jeff Beck. Jeff was there, and we ended up jamming together.
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My musical career was an accident.
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I never understood the idea that I was a 'backpack rapper.' I think that's a lazy way that people started thinking. They like saying that because I got dreads. I look like I belong a certain place, so it's easy to put everything in a box.
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I came from a strong jazz/ singer-songwriter/folk influence, but in L.A., I learned how to have a balance between all these genres and R&B music and hip-hop, mixing them all together.
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In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul.
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Each week I try to have three lunches with my children, one working lunch, and one lunch with mates.
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You may love football, but that doesn't mean you have any business trying to play the sport. It's the same thing with filmmaking... everybody has a great idea for a movie, but do you have the stamina to get good at your craft and deal with how heartbreaking it is?
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Forecasting by bureaucrats tends to be used for anxiety relief rather than for adequate policy making.
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Oh, poverty parts good company.
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There is nothing like a parade to elicit the proper respect for the military from the populace.
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I know my Beijing medal has been a watershed moment in the history of Indian boxing, but personally speaking, I would like to better it in London.
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I do remember when it occurred to me the first time, when I got the idea of painting the way I feel at a given moment. I was sitting in a chair and felt it pressing against me. I still have the drawings where I depicted the sensation of sitting.
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I always wanted to direct movies. That's what I set out to do. When I was a little kid I just dreamed of making movies, and I went to film school [at Northwestern University].
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Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.
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Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.
