Simon Beaufoy Quotes

The recession of the late 1980s was a very visible humiliation. Cities across Britain had become the victims of botched battlefield surgery - surgery that involved the ripping up of factories, the flattening of buildings, and the razing of the Victorian heritage of heavy labour.

Simon Beaufoy

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BuildingsLateHeritageBecomeHeavy

Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set.

Jerry Weintraub

GreatLearnKnowStageGetStuff

I am a sweet old softy, but it took toughness to get through what I went through.

Tony Parsons

I AmSweetToughnessOldThroughAm

I don't use my brain about the creative thing. From a business standpoint, I instinctively do things: when I get something right, it's never because I use my brain.

Russell Simmons

BusinessCreativeBrainNeverRight

I want to make sure when my team is having difficulties, they can count on me.

Romelu Lukaku

MeTeamWantDifficultiesCount

Filming is always a challenge because I'm not used to it. But I approach it head-on. I'm not technically brilliant, but it's the spirit that counts.

Martin Parr

ChallengeSpiritBrilliantAlways

What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open.

Jose Manuel Barroso

EyesPeopleSometimesOpenCall

I am running to be the 50th mayor of Baltimore in order to usher our city into an era where the government is accountable to its people and is aggressively innovative in how it identifies and solves its problems.

DeRay Mckesson

GovernmentI AmPeopleCityProblems

The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.

Christian Bale

InterestingMovieAboutThing

I have a lot of variety within me, and the dream role, I think, is actually a compilation of parts that express different aspects of my persona and personal interests.

Ashley Judd

MeThinkDreamPersonalWithinRole

I think I write and publish as often as I do because I can't bear being without a book to work on... I don't feel I have this to say or that to say or this story to tell, but I know I want to be occupied with the writing process while I'm living.

Philip Roth

WorkWritingBookStoryThinkFeel

Around the world, when China has good results, people always think something bad.

Sun Yang

GoodPeopleWorldThinkBadResults

And what I saw happening is that women don't make one decision to leave the workforce. They makes lots of little decisions really far in advance that kind of inevitably lead them there.

Sheryl Sandberg

WomenDecisionDecisionsKindLeave

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