Mariella Frostrup Quotes
In the city, I wake bolt upright in the small hours, convinced that intruders are marauding through our apartment despite Swiss bank-style security arrangements.
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At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
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I don't remember scenes. I'm like, 'Really, we shot that?'
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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I'm a collecting maniac and I buy a lot of books and records. I have over thousand cds.
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To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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My dad said, 'Cam, you can make this situation a dream or you can make this situation a nightmare.' That struck a fire under me. That was my drive.
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
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We start out a million years ago in a small community on some grassy plain; we hunt animals, have children, and develop a rich social, sexual, and intellectual life, but we know almost nothing about our surroundings.
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No one is going to tell me I'm too small to do whatever, to do anything. That's not up to them, and I'll never give anyone that power to say that.
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Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace' One grand boulevard with trees with one grand cafe in sun with strong black coffee in very small cups. One not necessarily very beautiful man or woman who loves you. One fine day.
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We moved to the city when I was 7, and the lack of exercise made me frustrated. I started fighting with my sisters, and my parents put me in judo as an outlet. I became very competitive and won a lot of medals.
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A garden without cats, it will be generally agreed, can scarcely deserve to be called a garden at all...much of the magic of the heather beds would vanish if, as we bent over them, there was no chance that we might hear a faint rustle among the blossoms, and find ourselves staring into a pair of sleepy green eyes.
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In the city, I wake bolt upright in the small hours, convinced that intruders are marauding through our apartment despite Swiss bank-style security arrangements.
