Claire Bloom Quotes
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I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
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I am a perfectly normal woman. If what we do is storytelling and represent people that we see all day and every day, well, we do not see supermodels all day and every day.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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I have two tutors - a maths tutor and another tutor who does all the other subjects. It is part of the deal with myself; I really want to finish school. I like learning and education, and I think it is really important.
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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
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I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.
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It's good for the NHL to implement different things - the 3-on-3, money that'll go to players - to try to get us to play at a higher level.
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The funny thing is that Dick Cheney has done more than anybody in the White House for quite a long time to throw up roadblocks against future historians.
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I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it!
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Most of the Ten Commandments are negative. The purpose of law is not to mandate good behavior. That concept comes from the French Revolution.
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Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
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To me, wrestling is therapy. No matter how bad my personal situation is, when I step into the ring, all my troubles disappear. My baggage stays in the back where it belongs.
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I don't like being weak in front of my mum or anyone for that matter. I don't like crying.
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The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual chronic pain in my left arm from elbow to fingertips and the right side of my body from my ear to my breast area.
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I have an aim - I have a clear aim in my mind, and the aim is that I do not like what I see in Indian politics; it is something that is inside my heart.
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Knowing how you actually want to feel is the most potent form of clarity that you can have. Generating those feelings is the most powerfully creative thing you can do with your life. And not only do we have to put our feelings at the heart of our ambitions, we have to pursue our desires in a way that is life-affirming, rather than soul-depleting. Rigid goal-chasing is burning us out. Soul-anchored intentions are the way to get home.
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Don't be afraid to get your hands in the dirt. Buy gloves if you are squeamish about it.
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Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
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When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.
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It is the faith and perseverance and single-mindedness with which Hitler has perfected his weapons of destruction that commands my admiration.
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I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it.
