Dawn Steel Quotes

Foreign revenues are tremendously important, but foreign audiences are dying for American movies, not for films they could make themselves.

Dawn Steel

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I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering possibility.

Jeanette Winterson

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I auditioned for 'West Side Story' and got the part of Tony, but wasn't allowed to do it. They needed me to play trumpet. But I was glad, in the end, because I learned a lot about playing that score.

Stephen Costello

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Our own civilization has lost its way, and this makes us even more vulnerable to Islamist nihilism.

Tom Tancredo

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When I became a mother, there was no doubt in my mind that it would be the most vital and important job I would ever have because I knew firsthand what it was like not to have a mother.

Janette Rallison

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Father's Day was great, but all the family gatherings brought up my mother's death. Maybe it's me, because I am a wimp. We would get together, but there was someone missing!

Doug Davidson

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Neglecting clean energy sources such as solar, wind, and especially nuclear, can result in blackouts, increased power bills, and will take a heavy toll on our efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.

Christine Todd Whitman

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A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

Bob Hope

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I grew up doing all that stuff because I was obsessed with the '50s. I had sock hops for birthday parties. So I've always done The Twist and stuff. It was pretty natural and, with my parents doing it all the time, I'd just copy them. Not very pretty.

Brittany Snow

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I pay lots of homages. I wanted to pay tribute to a leading Iranian writer, Gholam - Hossein Sa'edi, who is buried in Paris - he is an Iranian Arthur Miller. He is of a similar stature, and his work is similar to that of Arthur Miller.

Asghar Farhadi

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Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it.

Pramila Jayapal

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I like colours. I like to be bright and bold.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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I was always enamored with TV shows and movies. But you didn't grow up in my town and turn into an actor.

Scott Wolf

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