Cornelia Parker Quotes

I was involved in a serious accident driving in torrential rain at midnight in Cardiff. I was only doing five miles an hour, but because I couldn't see very well, I crossed a junction and collided with another car that was driving very fast. I ended up in hospital for six weeks with a shattered pelvis.

Cornelia Parker

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Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little better than you said you would.

Jimmy Dean

BetterYouSaidSayTryLittle

There aren't a whole lot of people out of 300 million who could elected to the Congress.

Jim Moran

PeopleCongressOutWholeMillion

Once you've been booked, people in Hollywood say, 'Oh he must be good.' All the while you're the same actor.

Joel McHale

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Live theater is an amorphous art, constantly shifting and evolving with every performance.

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

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There are schools for weird children now. There wasn't when I was young.

John Waters

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My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative.

Sienna Miller

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I have been looking forward to this age of my life for a long time. In my twenties, I marked the days on the calendar - I was sick of playing high-school kids.

Rob Lowe

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I love silent cinema but don't hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the masterpieces.

Michel Hazanavicius

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First of all, plain and simple, you have no real idea of what it means to be famous until you become famous. It's a double-edged sword. Obviously there are a lot of amazing things about fame, but there are also a lot of challenging things about it.

Michelle Pfeiffer

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If you made all the French fries you ate, you would eat them much less often, if only because they're so much work. The same holds true for fried chicken, chips, cakes, pies, and ice cream. Enjoy these treats as often as you're willing to prepare them - chances are good it won't be every day.

Michael Pollan

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As long as I'm an hour away from a major airport, I can get to that job.

Michael Moriarty

JobLongI CanAirportAwayGet

I've played the game for a long time.

Jason Kidd

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