Elizabeth Meriwether Quotes

I don't think anyone who runs a TV show would ever say to you, 'I have a grasp on running a TV show.' Maybe that's not true. Maybe there are people that do. I don't know.

Elizabeth Meriwether

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I believe our basic information, our 'software', should be free and open for everyone to play with, to compete with, to try and make products from. I do not believe it should be under the control of one person.

John Sulston

ControlFreeBelieveInformationTry

I guess I've been extremely keen on theatre, on getting on to the stage, taking on different roles, enacting vocations, personalities, people, situations, and I guess that's the interest that has driven me to work in movies.

Amitabh Bachchan

WorkPeopleMeTheatreMoviesStage

They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.

Steve Buscemi

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Guerrilla leaders win wars by being paranoid and ruthless. Once they take power, they are expected to abandon those qualities and embrace opposite ones: tolerance, compromise and humility. Almost none manages to do so.

Stephen Kinzer

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Cleopatra was on a political mission to save her country and her power, but what we remember about her are these two famed seductions, which are a matter of politics, not a matter of love.

Stacy Schiff

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You become very known for being someone's girlfriend, and all of a sudden there's all this hype and buzz for all the wrong reasons.

Sienna Miller

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For me, acting is like a holiday. When you're directing, you have a strong sense of responsibility for others. It's exciting but exhausting, especially when you're like me: always wanting to break the rules.

Simon McBurney

ResponsibilityMeStrongYouActing

We're all given something to do. And when we don't follow what we're supposed to do, we always know when we're off track.

Joy Harjo

KnowFollowAlwaysSomethingOff

For me, being with Obama or having dinner with Bill Clinton... it's crazy. It's mind-blowing, because where I come from is just another world. We were just ignored by politicians - by America in general.

Jay-Z

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'Wrecking Ball' is a great song.

Dolly Parton

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I'm just a big old nerd.

Claire Danes

OldBigJustNerd

I think some people watch 'Raging Bull,' or they watch 'The Piano Teacher,' and I think they're more, maybe, able to process an antihero in a dramatic context, where people more want comedy to take care of them. But that's not really taking care of people. That's just providing escape, which sometimes is necessary.

Brett Gelman

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