Eileen Atkins Quotes

People assume I'm posh because I'm one of the acting dames. I grew up in Tottenham and didn't used to speak like I do now.

Eileen Atkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 16, 1934

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Whatever the reasons that I turn things down, I'm always happy when there's a good result, and I can enjoy it as a movie, you know? I don't feel like, 'Oh man, that was really good. I should have done it.' You have to make the decisions you have to make, whether it has to do with your family or repeating a character or whatever it is.

John C. Reilly

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There are people who are just very, very sniffy and snobby and have always sort of looked down their noses at me.

John Bercow

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One of my beliefs about leadership is it's not how many followers you have, but how many people you have with different opinions that you can bring together and try to be a good listener.

Robert Kraft

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What a company's been earning doesn't mean anything. What you have to look at is what people think it's going to earn. If you can see something in two years is going to be entirely different than the conventional wisdom, that's how you make money.

Stanley Druckenmiller

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I understand people who boo us. It's like going to Broadway show, you pay for your tickets and expect to be entertained. When you're not, you have a right to complain.

Sparky Anderson

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I'd be more interested in doing a smaller, character driven thing, rather than another action picture.

Sigourney Weaver

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It's hard to keep training at your best, but I made sure I did for when the time came, or when I did get opportunities like at Palace.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

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Of all the threats to free speech in history, the one the media give the most credibility to without question is the feminist movement, which is trying to rebrand public debate as harassment.

Milo Yiannopoulos

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Basically, what I'm saying is there is nothing fake about what I do. I'm up-front, I'm real, I'm honest and I'm open with my feelings.

Christina Aguilera

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I grew up in a very musical family, but music was not encouraged as a career. It was a hobby.

Colm Wilkinson

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American Idol' is a $900 million-a-year corporation. When you are dealing with that, you can't come off with lies - it's either the truth or nothing.

Corey Clark

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My formal speaking career began before a group of 10 third-graders. We drew pictures of my home in Rwanda. I told them about my mother's huge garden and our mango tree. The lessons I taught were simple. Play nicely. Take care of plants. Take care of people.

Clemantine Wamariya

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