Ali Smith Quotes

In the end, will truth matter? Of course truth will matter. Truth isn't relative. But there's going to be a great sacrifice on the way to getting truth to matter to us again, to finding out why it does, and God knows what shape that sacrifice will take.

Ali Smith

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Traveling the world was a constant thing, rich with experiences. But all of it was relative to being able to play live onstage and really stretch out.

Jimmy Page

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As a young actor, I was advised to bide my time. Back then, there weren't good roles for someone like me. There were handsome leading men and character actors for smaller supporting roles. But I was told to hang in there, and it was good advice. We're all character actors now. Even a handsome man is a character actor at my age.

Jim Broadbent

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In many ways, it's easier to write a book. You have more latitude with structure, and you have the freedom to luxuriate within the internal lives and musings of your characters. But where a screenplay does not always demand great prose, a novel lives or dies by it.

John Fusco

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I will always demand the right for theatre to talk about anything and anyone. Without exception. None.

Robert Lepage

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Crimes are more often committed out of fear than wickedness. People live frightened, desperate lives.

Ruth Rendell

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So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there.

Deborah Norville

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I just learned how to scuba dive. I'd been scared to rely on one little air hose for oxygen, but swimming with all those fish is exhilarating.

Cheryl Hines

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We collectively, to get things done, work together as a team. Because the work really happens horizontally in our company, not vertically. Products are horizontal. It takes hardware plus software plus services to make a killer product.

Tim Cook

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I cannot tell you how many people, powerful people, come to my studio and they are in tears they are so moved by what they see.

Richard MacDonald

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I didn't get into this business for other people to know my name.

Niecy Nash

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I hope for continued bravery and risk-taking for all theatremakers in 2018 and beyond.

Marianne Elliott

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Delusion is not good; better to be realistic and then surprise yourself if you're lucky.

Lenny Abrahamson

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