Kenneth Branagh Quotes

I think television goes through phases, like other creative arts, where suddenly a group of people are producing exciting work all at once.

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• When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed.

  

  Lance Reddick
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  • School
  • Pretty

• I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.

  

  J. Paul Getty
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  • Work
  • Marriage

• I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity.

  

  Rachel McAdams
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  • Great
  • Myself

• The tabernacle of unity hath been raised; regard ye not one another as strangers.

  

  Baha'u'llah
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  • Been
  • Strangers

• The key is that I'm trying to keep growing and trying to keep learning and deepen my connection in every way, in my life, in my work. That's what I do when I look at a role.

  

  Forest Whitaker
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  • Trying

• I had a world of people who were raising me; it was like a little village.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
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  • World
  • Village

• Some people really like to get into Twitter, but it's not my thing.

  

  Vince Vaughn
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  • Twitter
  • Some People

• I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.

  

  Kacey Musgraves
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  • Music
  • Country

• I'm really excited about the prospect of deepening what is already a really strong relationship that I have with the people of Broward.

  

  Ted Deutch
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  • Strong
  • Relationship

• You can't get emotional about your work.

  

  Yolandi Visser
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  • You
  • Emotional

• One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
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  • World
  • Thinking

• Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns.

  

  Kaskade
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  • Music
  • Together

• Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.

  

  Ma Long
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  • Step
  • Hard Work

• Some people like just sitting down and being taken for a ride. That's a beautiful thing that fiction can do. But it's not the only thing. In television and film, people are ready to accept any kind of jump cut, but the slightest disturbance on the page ruffles their feathers.

  

  Zadie Smith
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• As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship I was not free to be myself, or to find myself, in order to begin the true work I needed to do.

  

  Taiye Selasi
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  • Experience
  • Truth

• The Marine Corps is some of the best acting training you could have. Having that responsibility for people's lives, suddenly time becomes a really valuable commodity and you want to make the most of it. And for acting, you just have to do the work, just keep doing it.

  

  Adam Driver
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  • Time
  • Work

• To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.

  

  Yoko Ono
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  • Beautiful
  • Relationship

• Costume people are always saying they don't have clothes big enough for me.

  

  Adam Driver
  • People
  • Always
  • Enough

• Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.'

  

  Randy Pausch
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  • Life
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• I prefer it when the conductor follows me. It is more difficult to work with a conductor who does not listen - even if I understand that sometimes it makes sense when one person is ruling everything. But for bel canto, I have to have a conductor who listens and supports me.

  

  Anna Netrebko
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• Most drugs work on only about a third of the population, they do no damage to another third, and the final third can have negative consequences.

  

  Craig Venter
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  • Pain
  • Drug

• I'm never going to say, 'Well, I'm never going to do comedy again.' I love comedies, and it's what people know me for, so I love doing it... I don't really think about it in terms of 'Well, I should do this because it's comedy or drama.'

  

  Bill Hader
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  • Comedy
  • Drama

• Chris Brown is a fantastic artist and songwriter and to be able to work with him was kind of unbelievable.

  

  Joe Jonas DNCE
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• I think television goes through phases, like other creative arts, where suddenly a group of people are producing exciting work all at once.

  

  Kenneth Branagh
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  • Work