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Related As long as there's really good actors that use their clout to support fringe films, whatever gen... JOHN CURRAN Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It's indicative, basically, of the trend we're seeing. We're trying to get them into long-term housi... BILL ECKERT Children used to get bullied at school. Now they go home, and that's where the problem starts - ... JESSIE J It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Hills are unpleasant, so I like to get them over with as quickly as possible. BOB BARTLETT It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON When talking to first-time entrepreneurs, I often ask them: 'How do you know that people want yo... KATHRYN MINSHEW As suburbs go, Bromley's not bad. But as David Bowie and Hanif Kureishi have observed, you do wa... TIBOR FISCHER The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Some people are very nice, until you get to meet them BEN OAK The men and women who make up a plane's crew put their lives in jeopardy each time they fly. It&... DAVE REICHERT That's why I love doing television because it's something that fans and viewers can sit down... TAHJ MOWRY A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD As actors, we are always playing other characters. It's so exhausting and time consuming to figu... ALIA BHATT I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There's not a chronological beginning, middle,... SPIKE JONZE After I finish writing a chapter, I'll print it out, cut it up into paragraphs, and cut away any... ERIK LARSON Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you ha... LOUIS C. K. Actors, I think, are all the same. Both Korean actors and American actors are all very sensitive peo... PARK CHAN-WOOK Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to ... SAM MENDES There are cliques in Bollywood, and people stick together, but I have always tried to stick to my wo... PRIYANKA CHOPRA If you're at the Oscars, there's not a man on that red carpet who is not wearing make-up. Mo... TOM FORD There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become... BENJAMIN JOWETT And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different... CRAIG GROESCHEL I really get pursued by men in their 20s, like, a lot. They probably know there's food in the fr... SHARON STONE Most actors really love it, that's what they want to do. They burn to do it. And so they'll ... HUGH GRANT They taught me different was wrong. ANI DIFRANCO There's nothing like meeting someone's family to get a true sense of them and a reflection o... LENORA CRICHLOW Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... People love scandal; people love drama. They love stripping away the layers to see what's really... JULIA ROBERTS Dixon Steele: You know, when you first walked into the police station, I said to myself, “There sh... DOROTHY B. HUGHES In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been wi... DOUGLAS ADAMS Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Putting on a movie is like going to war - for me, at least. It's all about time; time is money, ... LEE DANIELS We needed to do a real good job making it as difficult as possible on their posts getting the ball. ... HEIDI MICHAELIS Peer attachments are not the problem themselves. It's when they compete with adult attachments t... GORDON NEUFELD Whether you do stand-up comedy or write a story, you have a duty to deliver. As a comedian, you walk... MARK BILLINGHAM As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of m... TAYLOR SWIFT I do think there are some actors that can get away with trying to be funny, and they're still fu... CONSTANCE WU I love dressing up. But I'm very low-maintenance; the week before an event, I'll choose some... HELEN MCCRORY Both times I was in India, I could not get people to listen to each other. I had to literally tell p... STEPHEN COVEY A lot of guys are very intimidated by an attractive woman, and they dehumanise her because our cultu... NEIL STRAUSS Most people don't have W-2s yet, but we are starting to see them (customers) trickle in. People are ... ANDY JUHL Most people don't have W-2s yet, but we are starting to see them (customers) trickle in. People are ... ANDY JUHL I love meeting people, and I know it's so difficult for people to come up to me and introduce th... NICOLA FORMICHETTI Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD I like to entertain people according to what they're saying entertains them. As an artist, music... MUSIQ SOULCHILD Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet ... FRANK LAMPARD I think men are mainly unfaithful because as they get older, they feel the urge to prove to themselv... PATTIE BOYD I'm just trying to touch the world and touch the people and just get good material. And show the... CORY HARDRICT A wedding, people decide to get married, it comes out of such love for one another and then women ca... ALISON BRIE My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through... TAYLOR SWIFT Heather has been having problems and we are determined to get to the bottom of them as quickly as po... DARREN CLARKE I'll use men's shirts, I love men's shirts, but you have to get them altered because the... JACKEE HARRY Art and money are closely related. Try sitting down with a group of artists and ask them what's ... DAVE WINER It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and ... JOEL OSTEEN The truth is, people don't know me. When people don't know you, they're going to try to ... TREVOR NOAH Boxing makes you kind of tight, so it's really good to mix that with barre, Pilates, or somethin... ELSA HOSK I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too muc... CHRISTIAN BALE I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and g... CARLY PATTERSON I'm very uncomfortable. We need to get it resolved as quickly as possible. COMMISSIONER NANCY ROBINSON If they are volunteering, we would like to know as soon as possible and we would like a firm commitm... ANDY REYES I love entertaining people; I strive to make them feel good, and they make me feel wonderful. To exp... TONY BENNETT Las Vegas audiences are swingers. They're drinkers and swingers, and they like to have a good ti... TRINI LOPEZ Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l... SUSANE COLASANTI If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of... HENRY FORD All former employees must go through this process. The goal is to clear manuscripts as quickly as po... JENNIFER DYCK Any other illness, any other disease that we're faced with, there's sympathy and understandi... CHRIS WOOD There are no secrets, no gimmicks, no tricks. Players will play hard when they know their coach is g... GREG MATTISON Too easy to get = Just as easy to forget. MANDY HALE If a person lies to you about what's in their bank account, they'll lie to you about other t... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I define a 'good person' as somebody who is fully conscious of their own limitations. They k... JOHN BRADSHAW I'm respectful of other artists and I think there is a way to talk to actors to let them know they a... DEBBIE ALLEN I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each... ABBIE CORNISH We will continue to do everything we can to get to get the facts and complete our investigation as q... CHARLES BAKALY That's why I don't understand why actors become arrogant and are completely unapproachable -... DANIEL RADCLIFFE I really feel like my goal, and I don't always achieve it, is to do the best work I can do, and ... ALAN BALL It's very important to have the buy-in of those stakeholders (so) he'll be able to work hand in glov... DONN RUBIN My mum is, like, my biggest fan, and she's the one who will basically do all the publicity for m... DAN FEUERRIEGEL I don't get it. I just don't get it. If Art is supposed to imitate Life, why do they want all the ac... CAMRYN MANHEIM How to get it, I annoy you??? You are not interested??? What's the idea??? DEYTH BANGER It is unusual for them to pull the plug at the 11th hour. It's always in their interest to get compa... CHARLES GEISST Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN It is entirely appropriate that the money go out just as quickly as possible to people whom we think... CLARK KENT ERVIN You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think ... 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