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I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that… — Orlando Bloom
A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy. — Emily Blunt
Apart from a period of crisis during my adolescence, when my voice was changing and I could not tame it - it was like a… — Andrea Bocelli
As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge. — Julian Bond
So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing… — Bono
I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period. — Anthony Bourdain
The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don't get me wrong -… — Damon Albarn
If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside. — James Buchan
Our favorite holding period is forever. — Warren Buffett
I've always been in serious relationships. I meet someone and date him for a long period. I don't sit there thinking, like, 'I wonder if… — Gisele Bundchen
This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican… — Madeleine Albright
The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good… — Samuel Butler
The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal. — Geezer Butler
The only tactic liberals have is to try to intimidate people into thinking that the Tea Party is racist. The Tea Party is not a… — Herman Cain
The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily… — John C. Calhoun
A Christian school should be a place where young men and young women go through a period of spiritual formation and development so that they… — Tony Campolo
Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time. — George Carlin
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but… — Dale Carnegie
I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate… — Jim Carrey
The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these… — Nick Cave
I mean, it's not just one day you get up, bang, and you got Osama bin Laden. It's the kind of thing where an awful… — Dick Cheney
Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and… — Winston Churchill
It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period. — George Clooney

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