Harold Pinter Quotes

Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice.

Harold Pinter

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I dabbled in writing, wrote really bad poetry in high school. I also took a few writing classes when I was an undergrad at Stanford. I was so intimidated.

Jesmyn Ward

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For meals, I'm big into quinoa or rocket salad with a protein like shrimp of chicken added to it.

Jessica Stroup

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Fortunately, most things around the supermassive black hole are just going to go around it. They're going to orbit it. They don't actually get sucked in.

Andrea M. Ghez

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I hadn't grown up always aspiring to be a CEO.

Angela Ahrendts

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I always wanted to teach dance. I didn't know I'd have a TV career.

Alyssa Edwards

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I need the seasons to live to the rhythm of rain and sun.

Sophie Marceau

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I can compete with anybody. I'm a true competitor. I'm a winner.

Stefon Diggs

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We fill our lives with all sorts of things that make it easier for us to get along in the world: wheelchairs, crutches, grabber sticks, hearing aids, canes, guide dogs, modified vehicles, ramps, as well as other kinds of services and supports. Disability does not necessarily mean dependence on other people.

Stella Young

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There was a Russian director named Elem Klimov, who did his films during the communist days. They were constantly struggling with the authorities and to be allowed to express themselves. But he did one of the best war movies I've ever seen - it's called 'Come and See.'

Stellan Skarsgard

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I like to work with the same people when I can, and you want to get people with the same interests that you have, and the same aesthetic.

Spike Lee

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When you're a kid, right, and you're surrounded by all these other kids, and let's say they don't have the same interests or the same goals or the same world view as you... It's difficult because a child doesn't know that there's another way. A child doesn't know that there's another place outside of the systems and hierarchies in school.

Roisin Murphy

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I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it.

Mickey Gilley

MoneyYouKnowAheadTryMean

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