Clement Attlee Quotes
We never took a vote in the Cabinet that I can remember and the most important of all the Prime Minister's functions is to give a firm lead in Cabinet so that decisions can be taken quickly. The Prime Minister musn't always listen to those who talk most.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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Television can be a little tricky in terms of finding roles that feel fully flushed out, which is why I love being in the theater so much, because the roles tend to be really on the page.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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I can't speak for other people, but for me, I feel like gone are the days that you need to come out of a closet. I never felt like I was in a closet. I never did. I always felt comfortable with who I am and the decisions I made.
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
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Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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Just getting to wake up and play somebody else for an entire day is just an amazing thing.
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When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit.
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I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
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The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.
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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
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Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure?
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My eating habits are the only behaviour of mine that are still manic. I can't walk by a restaurant, a bakery, an ice-cream store or a candy store without making a purchase; the amount of calories I take in today are at least five times as many as I took before starting on all of this medication.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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I live with three boys, and I can't tell you how hard it is to get your hands on toilet paper. They steal it.
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As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it.
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We really shouldn't be putting a label on size. Fashion is for all, and I think confidence and happiness is more important than dress labels.
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We never took a vote in the Cabinet that I can remember and the most important of all the Prime Minister's functions is to give a firm lead in Cabinet so that decisions can be taken quickly. The Prime Minister musn't always listen to those who talk most.
