Fiona Shaw Quotes
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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It's one thing to get a letter from your kid at camp telling you he wants to come home. It's another to get a letter from a grown child saying they're coming back to live with you!
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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It's always an honor to represent your country.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.
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'The Lunchbox' is the kind of cinema that is true to its word and not cluttered or corrupted by some of the mainstream pre-requisites. I love the way I make movies, but there are certain stories that need to be told in a certain way, and 'The Lunchbox' is that movie, and I'm so proud to present this movie.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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Before I go to bed, I brush my teeth and take off all my makeup. I like to use Neutrogena's makeup remover wipes.
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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Horseracing already has the highest mortality rate of any sport in the world per capita to the people who do it. If you crash in Nascar you still have a roll bar, and a cage, and a lot of protection. It's built to crash, but if you fall off a racehorse we all know what can happen, so it's tremendously dangerous.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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I think entrepreneurs have a great opportunity to think of how to make things more understandable, simple and beautiful.
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Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on.
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For the last 15 years, Microsoft’s master business plan seems to have been, 'Wait until somebody else has a hit. Then copy it.'
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My hair is grey, but not with years,Nor grew it whiteIn a single night,As men's have grown from sudden fears.
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Three tomatoes are walking down the street-a poppa tomato, a mamma tomato, and a little baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind. Poppa tomato gets angry, goes over to the baby tomato, and smooshes him and says, Catch up.
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Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.