Jessye Norman Quotes

There is a lot of propaganda about opera singers not being able to act. That's not necessarily true and hasn't been true for a very long time. And certainly there were those instances when singers were told they need to fit into a certain size dress. Of course, women. Men? They just make the costume bigger.

Jessye Norman

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I've done some stinkers in the cinema. You can't regret it; there are always reasons for doing something, even if it's just the location.

John Hurt

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In 2008, we began an initiative to outsource projects from our Israeli office to three companies in the Palestinian Territories.

John T. Chambers

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My job as an actress is to make things work and come up with reasons of my own and not just fill in the blanks for anybody else, you know what I mean?

Amy Adams

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I get tired of wearing the same thing all the time too.

Tori Amos

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I like comedy that's very specific and isn't afraid to lose people through its specificity.

Josh Gondelman

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I'm comfortable with the hold 'em, Omaha and stud high-low. But the other two games aren't my strongest games. I'm not comfortable at all with razz or stud.

Chris Moneymaker

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'The Witch' is feminist.

Anya Taylor-Joy

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I go through stages. Randomly, I'll be attracted to a crazy rocker with tattoos. And I find that I'm extremely attracted to ambition and wit.

Ashley Greene

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I know people are fickle.

William Hague

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Official time is not fair to the government or the taxpayer and works solely to the benefit of labor unions and employees who serve as its representative or steward.

Phil Gingrey

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I don't like this idea of division: that if you're a clever woman then you've got to be a particular way. Because men don't. Men please themselves.

Marian Keyes

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I hate to be treated as if I'm invisible. I get incensed when people talk across me or refuse to catch my eye in a restaurant or shop.

Lynne Truss

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