Thinking Quotes - Page 31

• I just loved performing. It just made me feel alive. It's scary, but that's part of it. I think it's important to have that extra adrenaline. It gives you that extra zing.

  Emma Watson

  Giving, Scary, Important

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• I don't think my dad really knew what to do with me, as a daughter. He treated me like a boy; my brother and I were treated the same. He didn't do kid stuff. There were no kid's menus; you weren't allowed to order off the kid's menu at dinner - we had to try something from the adult menu.

  Emma Watson

  Daughter, Brother, Dad

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• I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to the fact that it's all about acting, and I think that has been the best bit for me.

  Emma Watson

  Special, Acting, Stuff

  FaceBook post by Emma Watson from May 29, 2012

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• I'm a real Londoner. We have very grey weather in London, and I think it encourages a very eclectic and crazy fashion sense. I mix high-street stuff with more high-end fashion and vintage.

  Emma Watson

  Fashion, Crazy, Real

  "Watson a sorceress of style". Interview with Katie Ellis, www.perthnow.com.au. May 9, 2011.

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• Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.

  James D. Watson

  Break Through, Preoccupation, Exciting

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• Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.

  James D. Watson

  People

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• I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night.

  Bill Watterson

  Love, Friendship, I Miss You

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• I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans.

  J. C. Watts

  Views, Ideas, Voice

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• I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.

  J. C. Watts

  Character, Color, Political

  "Live Chat: Congressman J.C. Watts". The ABC NEWS Interview, abcnews.go.com.

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• I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid.

  J. C. Watts

  Believe, Kids, Skin Color

  "J.C. Watts exits political arena". Interview with Paul Begala, www.cnn.com. November 15, 2002.

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• I think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Tables, Table Manners, Cliche

  Evelyn Waugh (1983). “The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh”, Methuen

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• I think there should be bad blood between all clubs.

  Earl Weaver

  Blood, Clubs, Should

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• I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.

  Earl Weaver

  July, League

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• Sexism is alive and well! We were saying this forty years ago. I'm an optimist, so I like to think we've progressed in some ways - in Australia, we get equal pay.

  Jacki Weaver

  Equal Pay, Years, Australia

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that don't turn out the way you're given the impression that they will. And I think that's all kind of a con. But I think we've probably all been hurt.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Trust, Encouragement, Hurt

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• I have always been uncomfortable with a series of movies. I hate that word 'franchise' - it always makes me think of French fries. What I felt each time was that we were going for broke, that this was going to be the last in the series. You can't count on anything.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Hate, Lasts, Broke

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• I never think about Wall Street - why should I - but to go down there so often while filming 'Working Girl,' to become acquainted with this whole different world, and to find out what goes on behind the scenes is so interesting. There's so much of the city that you don't really bother to investigate. Ahh... New York.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Girl, New York, Wall

  "New Again: Sigourney Weaver". Interview with Christopher Durang, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 9, 2012.

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• I think I'm much less self confident today. I actually went through a quite painful period because of that thinking that I was completely hopeless. But I think that's something that we all go through at various times of our lives and it was quite a sustained thing with me.

  Hugo Weaving

  Self, Today, Weaving

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• People in Britain always think of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as a musical - it wasn't.

  Andrew Lloyd Webber

  Jesus, People, Musical

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• If we are suffering illness, poverty, or misfortune, we think we shall be satisfied on the day it ceases. But there too, we know it is false; so soon as one has got used to not suffering one wants something else.

  Simone Weil

  World Suffering, Want Something, Poverty

  Simone Weil (1998). “Simone Weil”

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• I think being in the public eye can only help me launch into the world of fashion.

  Johnny Weir

  Fashion, Eye, World

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• Creating emotion was what my career was all about. I wanted people to laugh at me; I wanted people to cry with me. I wanted people to feel good or to think about something when they watched me. I think that's why, even not being an Olympic champion, I have such a huge following around the world.

  Johnny Weir

  Careers, Creating, Laughing

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• I think it is important for young people to see other young people on television doing something positive with their life, making positive changes and growing. I don't think there is enough of that on TV. I mean, we've got 'Jersey Shore,' and I don't know what that teaches young kids.

  Johnny Weir

  Mean, Kids, People

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• I didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in the classroom, get very bad grades.

  Rachel Weisz

  Teacher, Classroom, Bad Grades

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• Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'

  Rachel Weisz

  Romantic, Girl, Winning

  Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. April 22, 2003.

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