Colin Firth Quotes
As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff.
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people.
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I'm just happy to be doing a job that I love.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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As a college student, I worked as a mentor, and that got me involved in working with young people long before I became a foster parent.
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Micropayments are great if you use them for a product or service with certain properties. It must be one where you can get away with usage-based pricing, and where there is a strong rationale for making it cheap, yet not free.
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I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.
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My ideas are always better. We have an understanding in place.
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I'm a Reuben kinda girl, but I'll take a BLT with avocado in a red hot minute if it comes on ciabatta.
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Places seem to me to have some kind of memory, in that they activate memory in those who look at them.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks.
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I have the kind of personality that I always look ahead than look at what's happened. It does help a lot, especially when you've done badly or you've failed. It's instinctive of me that I look at what's next, I look ahead a lot, and start preparing for that, in victory and in defeat.
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I'm very happy with the response for everything I've done, but, you know, sometimes you get things like, 'Oh, 'Spaced' Series One wasn't as good as 'Spaced' Series Two.' Or 'Shaun of the Dead' is not as good as 'Spaced,' or, 'Hot Fuzz' is not as good as 'Shaun.' Or, now, 'The World's End' is not 'Shaun of the Dead.'
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Here's the thing about Apple technology: once you own a piece, you want to use it.
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Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?
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My second novel began after my family moved from New York City to North Carolina, and I watched my son walk into kindergarten at a school in which he was the only Jewish child out of 600 students - and this in the middle of the Bible Belt.
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The obsession required to see a feature through from concept to release is not a rational thing to do with your brief time on this planet. Nor is it something to which an intelligent person should aspire.
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All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
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I'm grateful for all of our fans because at the end of the day, they give us purpose.
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Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they wind up forcing a word onto a melody. It doesn't ring true.
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I was six years old when 'The Little Mermaid' was released in 1989 and was immediately struck by the fiery-maned, melodic-voiced, tail-swinging mermaid protagonist. She spoke to me on levels deeper than her father's oceanic kingdom.
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As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff.
