Kenneth Clarke Quotes
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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I am not a great fan of computers. I do watch videos and analyse which batsman is playing how. Batsmen can play different shots on different days. A batsman may not play cover drives well, but if he connects with two such shots, he starts playing the drive well on that day.
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We've all read, I'm sure, a Superman book where we didn't really feel like we knew the character. Where the writer, often with the best of intentions, has tried put a personal stamp on the character, whether it be to try and make him more current, or cool, or have a broader appeal, etc.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the back and say, 'Oh, what a clever boy I am!' I think that, like most artists, we were put on the planet to suffer just a little. And we do.
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No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.
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I defy any woman that doesn't feel more elegant and more groomed and ready for an evening than if you have a blow dry.
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No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.
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Definitely they write themselves. It's an amazing experience. It's like the characters have come alive and are sitting on my shoulder talking to me, telling me their tales.
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David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.
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It's nice to see that people in Middle America are really affected.
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I'm taking a vow not to advise.
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I am sure my fellow-scientists will agree with me if I say that whatever we were able to achieve in our later years had its origin in the experiences of our youth and in the hopes and wishes which were formed before and during our time as students.
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On radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can't tell what you're going to get. When you look at the comic page, you can usually depend on something acceptable by the entire family.
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I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.
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People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.
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I want the violence among young people in this country to stop - particularly gang violence.
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I don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics.
