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“Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed.”

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Some friends said they weren't surprised to find out Napoleon and I were related, but it came as quite a shock to me.

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If you look at movies with Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart and all the rest of it, none of them looks like a boy.…

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If you didn't join for the girls, choose another profession.

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Tony Blair is like an actor who doesn't really believe in his script himself but has the incredible skill to make everyone else believe…

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I have a natural resistance to being humiliated.

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I've always felt like a foreigner wherever I've lived. I don't feel much towards my Italian or Scottish roots, although I do cook the…

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My temper manifests itself when I can't find something. I could swear that there is a plot against me to put kitchen utensils in…

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There are so many people in film and television that get between a performer and the audience, and that's frustrating.

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Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.

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I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet.

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When the plane is delayed, it's not the fault of the girl at the desk. I'm resigned to the fact that everything is out…

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You can laugh at me, but I understand show business.

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“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

Louisa May Alcott

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Many early-stage entrepreneurs make one simple mistake: Describing this 'big picture' in vague concepts and words.

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I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And…

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“[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once,…

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“Some say the Earth is angry Because he wants no company; I say the Earth is angry Because he lives alone.”

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If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State.

Bertrand Russell

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