Julia Gillard Quotes

For a profession that holds dear both the ability to vivisect politicians in prose and the expectation that these carved-up subjects will not complain, the media is horribly thin-skinned and vengeance-seeking when on the receiving end of criticism.

Julia Gillard

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Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.

Jim Harrison

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To be honest I never thought the acting thing would get off the ground.

Jill Hennessy

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I don't go to horror movies. I walked out of 'The Exorcist,' man.

John Carroll Lynch

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I've had years of psychiatry, and I ask about every six months - it's sort of like getting your oil checked - I ask, 'I'm not an actual narcissist, am I?' The learned men of psychiatry assure me that I meet none of the medical criteria.

Rob Lowe

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Children change you. They really do.

Rob Lowe

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Sometimes I feel surrounded by this dark cloud, and it feels like I can't breathe. It's nervousness and I don't know what else.

Mikaela Shiffrin

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I'm very about football and very about my job, which doesn't get reported or won't get reported, but I am going to enjoy my time off. That's I think what everybody else does, and that's what I should do.

Johnny Manziel

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I think any black woman is a queen. It's just, do you know it? Do you see it in yourself? Do you recognize it, do you abide by that, do you define yourself as that? Based on who we are and what we've been through and how we survive and where we stand, we are on kind of sacred ground. We stand on the backs of our ancestors.

Ava DuVernay

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I never thought being the producer was being the dictator. It means being the director and being the coach. It's a way of keeping everybody focused on the goal, and also having final say. Everybody can be in the same car, but somebody has to drive.

Paul Stanley

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I went to public school my whole life, graduated high school with my class. Growing up, I'd go to an audition, my friends would go to soccer practice and we'd all reconvene and hang out in our neighborhood. When I would book something, I would never tell my friends. Acting was just fun. I was a kid, I wasn't jaded.

Shailene Woodley

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I had this notion that everyone was staring at me and judging everything about me, from my appearance to the way I talk and everything.

Ricky Williams

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As an actress, I always wanted to do movies, and I never dreamt about doing movies in America just because I didn't think it was possible.

Marion Cotillard

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