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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There are a lot of companies - not just Sony and Kodak - that have spent a lot of money trying to make the quality of the digital images comparable with film. But when you're sending these things over the Internet, they don't have to be high quality.
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I act this way because that's the way I feel like acting. If people like it, fine. If they don't, that's their problem.
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I've always loved the infield, because I came up as an infielder.
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For me to own land in Detroit, it was a badge of honor, and it was support for the city.
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Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll... take out the drugs and you've got more time for the other two.
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'Frankenstein' feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms.
