Claire Tomalin Quotes
I fell in love with Shakespeare when I was 12, and I read the whole works. Yes, I was precocious.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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I'm not interested in just beautiful girls and beautiful clothes.
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I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.
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The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.
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Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.
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Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian.
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I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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The job of president is to motivate, to inspire, to be side by side with people making sure that they develop all their capacities and that I remove all the obstacles they have to grow by themselves.
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Past success is no guarantee of future success, so I have learned to be an entrepreneur. I began to produce and direct my own projects.
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Doctrines don't govern policy. They provide a conceptual framework by which policymakers approach their decisions. But there is no such thing as a doctrine that controls policy in every way.
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I don't want people following me around, everywhere I go, people talking to me and stuff. I don't want to be walking down the street with a bodyguard. I don't think that will be an issue playing in L.A.
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I have problems with a lot of photography, particularly street photography and photojournalism - objectifying the other, finding the contempt and exoticism that you might feel within yourself or toward yourself and projecting it out to others. There can be an abusive power to photography, too.
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Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
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I can touch my toes, but I bend in a strange way. I'll never be in the Olympics.
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The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.
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There are amazing schools and amazing educators that are doing a wonderful job. And then there are a lot of educators that are not prepared to deal with inclusive education. They haven't been trained. It's really quite lovely and easy when you understand how to do it.
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The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality because of press and because of the sheer quantity of films.
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It can be a challenge, but my legacy, at least for the people who came before me, is you don't run from challenges because that's more comfortable and convenient.
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Democracy is the best revenge.
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I've made music since I was a kid so I've always gotten joy out of that.
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I've become really good at turning down the boring, pretty girl roles, the trophy wife, supermodel, beautiful girlfriend roles. I mean, playing somebody who's perfect holds no allure for me, whatsoever. It's just boring.
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If I might be the means of saving one soul I should prefer it to all the riches and honor in the world.
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I fell in love with Shakespeare when I was 12, and I read the whole works. Yes, I was precocious.
