- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You want to bring it every day. But if you have a bad day in the theatre, a couple of hundred people see it. That sucked; we'll get back to it. You have a bad day on film, it's just on DVD for the rest of your life.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was humbling to play Mark Ashton. He was a political activist and a humanist, and there is incredible conviction in his vision. But when you're telling a political story, humour is crucial; otherwise, it can be in danger of becoming a bit preachy, and the audience can feel like they've got an agenda coming full steam at them.
- Efficiencies
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we should be looking at the defense and seeing where we can actually be more efficient because I think that, you know, sometimes during the contracting process, we lose some efficiencies in that regard.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, as an actor, when you re playing a real person, it is an extra challenge.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The web can be a fast trip to the library, giving you immediate access to a government report, or it can filter media for you, which is why I look at around 15- 20 of these sites every day.
- Cannot
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- Nov 07, 2020
You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be a photographer. While I was at school, I got a lab-monkey holiday job in the darkrooms at the 'Independent.' What they taught me there was: you need to get the whole story in one frame.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, writing is like being taken on a walk by a footnote: It's amazing where you end up.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, even people who talk about cutting spending and they go 'That's not the spending that I was actually talking about that you're supposed to be cutting.' Well, we have to be looking across the board.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sleep more at night. If it's allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would hope that we could have this in an adult fashion and stop demagogueing the issue anytime you talk about any substantive reforms that will actually save social security and save Medicare and save the system from imploding on itself.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very fond of an old map of London that used to belong to my father. I'm a big London fan, and the evolution of the city is astonishing, when you look back to Pepys and how small it was - everyone knew each other.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020