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DAVID FINCHER Sometimes I make things that people have very strong responses to. Whether that's art, I don'... BEN KATCHOR I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap. BOB HOPE I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think ... MAGGIE Q Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm... LEONARDO DICAPRIO I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX I don't know where people think I'm from, but I'm from Chicago. It's really just tha... CHANCE THE RAPPER I want to live in my truth. Tell me you don't like me, and I know it. But when you don't tel... LEE DANIELS It's difficult to have everybody like everything you do. I don't know anybody that's per... GORDON BETHUNE I was elected to solve problems, and I don't think it's conservative to have bad roads; I do... 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You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesti... IMELDA STAUNTON If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates. IMELDA STAUNTON I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better ... IMELDA STAUNTON I've always liked new writing. IMELDA STAUNTON You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me. IMELDA STAUNTON I've fallen over on stage a couple of times, but I've only ever bruised my ego. IMELDA STAUNTON I never wanted for anything. We went to Ireland for holidays every year. I was 14 when we first went... IMELDA STAUNTON Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center... IMELDA STAUNTON Fortunately my career has never been about how I look, it's about how I can be. IMELDA STAUNTON We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really ... IMELDA STAUNTON To me, it's really not about how I look - it's about who I can be. It is my job to bring the... IMELDA STAUNTON We all must support the arts, as it is our culture. It makes us better people. It makes us happy; it... IMELDA STAUNTON Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently... IMELDA STAUNTON A lot of me is very up, and you have to have light and shade. They are both important and you have t... IMELDA STAUNTON At the time of Woodstock, I was just 13, but I used to see these exotic hippy creatures and I did lo... IMELDA STAUNTON I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slig... IMELDA STAUNTON You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't ... IMELDA STAUNTON I think the first 10 years of my daughter's life were my mother's happiest, because she coul... IMELDA STAUNTON Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an in... IMELDA STAUNTON I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what mak... IMELDA STAUNTON Children should always be brave and do something about bullying. It's not okay to stand by and l... IMELDA STAUNTON The one good thing is that I get a lot more good scripts coming through my letterbox. 'Vera Drak... IMELDA STAUNTON A lot of film stars are just playing themselves in different frocks. IMELDA STAUNTON You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesti... IMELDA STAUNTON Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. I... IMELDA STAUNTON It's not as if it's something I ever thought I would get. IMELDA STAUNTON I seem to be doing all my own cooking and shopping and washing. IMELDA STAUNTON Dan Crawford was an extraordinary man who single-handedly kept one of the most unique theatres in Lo... IMELDA STAUNTON Working with Mike was shocking, terrifying, exhilarating, ... It was the best job of my life. It's r... IMELDA STAUNTON I start the day with either Radio 3 or Radio 4. I don't watch any daytime television at all. IMELDA STAUNTON When neither party can give checkmate, the game is drawn. HOWARD STAUNTON The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing,... HOWARD STAUNTON Having marshalled the men in battle order, as shown in the first diagram, you will observe that each... HOWARD STAUNTON Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which ... HOWARD STAUNTON The Bishop moves diagonally forwards or backwards, to the extent of the Board. HOWARD STAUNTON The penalty for exceeding the time limit is the forfeiture of the game. HOWARD STAUNTON Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety... HOWARD STAUNTON If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manne... HOWARD STAUNTON The dreamers of today are the architects of tomorrow. SARAH STAUNTON Sam thinks he's ready for it and from what I've seen I'd agree. He is in the first team now and lear... STEVE STAUNTON For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King. HOWARD STAUNTON The Queen is usually reckoned equal, in average situations, to two Rooks and a Pawn, but towards the... HOWARD STAUNTON It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, wh... HOWARD STAUNTON Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in... IMELDA MAY I tried to be a goth for a while. I'd pour baby powder on my face and paint my lips black, but t... IMELDA MAY At school, I'd refuse to take part in biology lessons when animals were being dissected. One tim... IMELDA MAY I'm on the road earning my money. I didn't get any million pound record deals. Not unless yo... IMELDA MAY I like to escape; I like to write when I go on a walk - I'm kind of very fairy that way. I get i... IMELDA MAY I've used a stylist twice, and that was when I didn't have time to go shopping or pick up an... IMELDA MAY If you ask me, rockabilly has had a raw deal for far too long. People never shunned the blues or jaz... IMELDA MAY Ooooh, I love Nashville! It seems like everywhere you walk, there's great music coming out of ev... IMELDA MAY I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for m... IMELDA MAY I don't see why women have to get naked to sell an album. It's crazy. IMELDA MAY When I tell people that I lost my baby weight through breastfeeding, they think I'm exaggerating... IMELDA MAY For me, rockabilly is very, very exciting music. It's electric and kind of wild, you know? It... IMELDA MAY I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it wa... IMELDA MAY Don't lie - when you are 105 years of age - on your deathbed, thinking, 'I should have done ... IMELDA MAY I got a great kick being in the Warner Bros. studios - that was really cool. I kept singing the '... IMELDA MAY I'm a big believer in 'pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start again.' IMELDA MAY I love festivals in that people seem to let their hair down more. I love that people run from stage ... IMELDA MAY In my head, I consider 'No Turning Back' my 'dipping the toe in the water' album. It... IMELDA MAY I'm in no hurry to get old. But when I do, I'll be out to enjoy every last minute. I see mys... IMELDA MAY I don't think the music that I do is nostalgic in any way; I don't think about going back to... IMELDA MAY People expect you to change when you become a mother, and of course my priorities changed when I had... IMELDA MAY I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for... IMELDA MAY I love to have no plans. It is amazing where your day can turn when you have no plans: meeting peopl... IMELDA MAY You have to change your life for yourself, and it's about the fun of getting there - sitting in ... IMELDA MAY They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my f... IMELDA MARCOS Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look... IMELDA MARCOS I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love ... IMELDA MARCOS If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. T... IMELDA MARCOS The Marcos era was the golden time for the Philippines. We had the lowest crime rate in the world in... IMELDA MARCOS It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god,... IMELDA MARCOS Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty... IMELDA MARCOS I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty. IMELDA MARCOS We practically own everything in the Philippines. IMELDA MARCOS I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it... IMELDA MARCOS I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude. IMELDA MARCOS I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. IMELDA MARCOS My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fenc... IMELDA MARCOS I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life. IMELDA MARCOS They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful... IMELDA MARCOS I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty. IMELDA MARCOS I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and ... IMELDA MAY I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes. I had one thousand and sixty. IMELDA MARCOS I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty. IMELDA MARCOS “‘Nouveau riche’ is better than ‘no riche.’” IMELDA MARCOS I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific'... IMELDA MARCOS I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness. IMELDA MARCOS The Spanish and the American audiences are lunatics. They are very passionate and, like the Irish, t... IMELDA MAY American audiences are great. They get what I am doing, but as my band will tell you, nowhere tops t... IMELDA MAY When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers... IMELDA MARCOS Win or lose, we go shopping after the election. IMELDA MARCOS People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to ... IMELDA MARCOS In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I... IMELDA MAY One thing that did get me into a lot of different types of music was when I was very young, the loca... IMELDA MAY I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage... IMELDA MAY I always loved the bad girls in the movies. I loved Bette Davis; I loved Katherine Hepburn. I loved ... IMELDA MAY Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of fami... IMELDA MARCOS I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved ... IMELDA MAY In 2008, I was in a London park when I came across a fledgling crow that had fallen from the top of ... IMELDA MAY Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes. IMELDA MARCOS The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty ... IMELDA MARCOS If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. T... IMELDA MARCOS Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949,... IMELDA MARCOS They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extr... IMELDA MARCOS Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look lik... IMELDA MARCOS I think that's a very kinky issue with the panties and bras. That's the thing that they will display... IMELDA MARCOS People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be s... IMELDA MARCOS I think it is incredible the way it has shaped up in the last few years. India has the courage to sh... IMELDA MARCOS Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific pla... IMELDA MARCOS I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not ver... IMELDA MARCOS It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose. IMELDA MARCOS Marcos deserves it, IMELDA MARCOS If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much. IMELDA MARCOS It is terribly important to do certain things, such as wear overembroidered dresses. After all, the ... IMELDA MARCOS I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote a... IMELDA MAY I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I di... IMELDA MARCOS Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly - or... IMELDA MAY My parents never told me to get a real job. They always said, 'Go for it! If this is what you wa... IMELDA MAY I'd watch old movies with Judy Garland, Shirley Temple and Bette Davis and long to be part of th... IMELDA MAY The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition,... IMELDA MARCOS I got my first leopard print coat when I was 15. I nearly got beat up, but I was happy with it. IMELDA MAY I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style. IMELDA MAY Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes. IMELDA MARCOS The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and ... IMELDA MARCOS I am beyond logic and rationality. IMELDA MARCOS My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become. IMELDA MARCOS Everybody told me that if I insisted on doing rockabilly music, I'd never have a chance of selli... IMELDA MAY I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to ... IMELDA MAY I'm the youngest of five - three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven o... IMELDA MAY Don't look too healthy or they'll send you to Washington to testify. IMELDA MARCOS Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look ... IMELDA MARCOS I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I... IMELDA MARCOS There's so much room for us to grow. 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