Kenneth Branagh Quotes
'Frankenstein' feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms.
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it.
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I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.
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I guess you could say I have bad taste in men. But I no longer feel the need to be someone's wife.
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A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend.
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People dream their whole lives of their Oscar speech; I dreamt my whole life of hosting the Oscars.
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Over-eating is the addiction choice of carers, and that's why it's come to be regarded as the lowest-ranking of all the addictions.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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I always try to give my songs as gifts.
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Authenticity is a virtue. But just as you can have too little authenticity, you can also have too much.
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In an Indian kitchen, the focus is on getting the job or dish done right in whatever way possible; however, in a French kitchen there's a clear hierarchy, and a chef has to know where their skills are and not go beyond them.
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Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes.
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I didn't fit in at school, and I didn't fit in at home, and I didn't know why. I was often lonely.
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My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.
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Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades - haunting.
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In the military, a combatant command is the ultimate job. It's the pointy tip of the spear, overseeing the people carrying the rifles and flying the aircraft.
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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich.
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With sculpting, nothing is cloudy or mystical. It's just about this object, and if you're trying to depict reality, and you do it well, then the outcome is the truth.
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Anyone who is seriously interested in me would usually do a little more homework and realise that the extreme criticisms are almost exclusively ideologically based.
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On a daily basis there are some huge ones that are, sure, from time to time, but it is helping the reader sort through all this sort of gray stuff out there.
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When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks.
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'Frankenstein' feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms.
