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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.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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In radio, you have two tools. Sound and silence.
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Boards without women - blacklist those suckers. It's 2011. They've had the time - it's significant that they don't have women.
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My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I'd heard all the stories.
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Spying is a like a game of chess: Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces to win - preferably a knight rather than a king or queen.
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If you set a tone that you don't want people to be part of your team, they don't join.
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I don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics.
