Claire Bloom Quotes
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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I was an easygoing guy, and school was pretty much people trying to challenge me to a fight, y'know, saying, 'Rambo! Rocky!'
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Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
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There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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I like junk food, French fries, hamburgers - I love it.
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A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.
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As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write an abstract piano sonata or a concerto, I write what I feel. I'm not a self-conscious composer.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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The only times I'm not relaxed are when I haven't got a project on the go.
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Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!
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I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.
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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
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When I was younger, I didn't have the finer things in life. It was around me - the cars, the jewelry and all of that. But I didn't have it. So I did bad things to get what I wanted. Going to jail never crossed my mind. I wish it had. When I was locked up, my mother didn't support me because she couldn't accept who I was and where I was.
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Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
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A God all mercy is a God unjust.
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I've never done this from a standpoint of, 'I want to be famous.' I sing because I love singing. I perform because I love performing.
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In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul.
