Lindsay Duncan Quotes

I would rather give up acting than become world famous, because I think you pay a very high price. Writing and putting new plays out into the world has informed what I do, and I've had a lot more freedom to play really interesting parts.

Lindsay Duncan

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FreedomWritingWorldThinkActing

After 9/11, the U.S. seemed vulnerable for the first time in a long time. We were no longer the superpower that no other country could touch. I thought, 'When and how did that dominance begin?'

Jennifer Egan

TimeThoughtLongCountryLong Time

My mom, she was a very, very soft woman. It was hard for her to yell or even curse. But when it came to fighting for her kids, she found a strength she didn't always know she had.

Angelina Jolie

StrengthWomanMomFightingKnow

There is always going to be someone more successful, richer, better looking, or with a nicer car.

Michael Gerber

CarLookingBetterSomeoneMore

I played quite a bit for my home team, Morriston, in my teens. I batted and bowled, but I suffered the utter humiliation once when one of the Pontarddulais batsmen hit 32 runs in one over against me.

Steffan Rhodri

HomeMeTeamOverAgainstOnce

You shouldn't dream your film, you should make it!

Steven Spielberg

YouDreamFilmMakeYourShould

I never would have given up my work to stay home.

Shirley MacLaine

WorkHomeNeverUpStayWould

My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It was probably harder, much, much harder, for my parents. When you're a kid, you can learn a language much more easily; I learned English in less than a year.

Mila Kunis

LifeEducationBrotherParentsMom

I haven't always been the guy that walks into a room and automatically the attention is on me. I'm normally the guy that stands off in the corner.

Josh Turner

MeAttentionAlwaysCornerRoomGuy

All I ever wanted to do was play football. I was never one for revising, and I only left school with three O Levels.

Bradley Walsh

FootballSchoolPlayThreeNever

A grown man should always carry cash, right? I don't know who told me, but someone told me that a long time ago, and the biggest turnoff is when a guy doesn't have cash on him.

Bruno Mars

TimeManMeSomeoneLongLong Time

You can't continue to reflect on the past.

Ashley Nell Tipton

PastYouReflectContinue

By the end of 2001, between 100,000 to 150,000 Algerians had died in the civil war, as well as 120 foreigners. The cost to the economy ran into billions of dollars. And all this in spite of a tough, 120,000-strong army backed by 80,000 police.

Alistair Horne

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