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- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
During 'Chicago Hope,' I never let directors talk to me, because I was so spoiled. I started off with people like Milos Forman, Sidney Lumet, James Lapine, unbelievably gifted people. So there I was, saying, 'Don't talk to me, I don't want your opinion.' I behaved abominably.
- Sing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of my job as Children's Laureate is to visit schools and talk about my love of books and stories and encourage them all to do it as well - to read, to write, to never be afraid of their own voice. Because we all have something to say.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
A film of my life would never happen!
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never supported violence. Before the formation of TMC, I was a member of the Congress Party. Gandhi's Congress. Non-violence is a philosophy that runs deep.
- Hardship
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- Nov 07, 2020
After my father died, we faced hardship but never asked anybody for help. We were self-sufficient.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Student life taught me a lesson - never bow down your head. Be straightforward and bold in whatever you do.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been happy in my own skin!
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020