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Small: Ive got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesnt freak me out
"I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out"
Shirley Manson, Musician
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Small: I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - Im from an all female family. My father often quips that
"I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!"
Shirley Manson, Musician
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Small: I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather
"I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather"
Shirley Manson, Musician
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Small: I like the feeling that Im giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving
"I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving"
Shirley Manson, Musician
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Small: And then theres all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipu
"And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle"
Shirley Manson, Musician
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Small: A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow d
"A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour"
Shirley Manson, Musician
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Small: The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave
"The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave"
James Connolly, Politician
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Small: What is called for is dignity. We need to set an example
"What is called for is dignity. We need to set an example"
Kenny Dalglish, Athlete
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Small: No matter how long you play rock n roll songs might change just as the balls are there, the rock balls. And th
"No matter how long you play rock n roll songs might change just as the balls are there, the rock balls. And that's what's important to us"
Bon Scott, Musician
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Small: Ive done enough for a while and people get fed up of seeing you, but apart from that, although Im young, I nee
"I've done enough for a while and people get fed up of seeing you, but apart from that, although I'm young, I need a bit of rest. You could say I have become a house husband. It's not a new man thing, it's just largely a boring man who doesn't mind staying in the house thing"
James McAvoy, Actor
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Small: God himself took this human flesh upon him
"God himself took this human flesh upon him"
William Barclay, Theologian
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Small: Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory
"Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory"
William Barclay, Theologian
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Small: But the best definition of it is to say that heaven is that state where we will always be with Jesus, and wher
"But the best definition of it is to say that heaven is that state where we will always be with Jesus, and where nothing will separate us from Him any more"
William Barclay, Theologian
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Small: The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon
"The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon"
David Mallet, Dramatist
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Small: I wanted to be a doctor at one point and I also wanted to be a pilot. I think if you grow up in a dodgy area,
"I wanted to be a doctor at one point and I also wanted to be a pilot. I think if you grow up in a dodgy area, reality often beats down those ambitions as you get older. But with me that never really happened"
James McAvoy, Actor
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Small: I really liked Starter For Ten because I grew up watching 1980s teen films like St. Elmos Fire and The Breakfa
"I really liked 'Starter For Ten' because I grew up watching 1980s teen films like 'St. Elmo's Fire' and 'The Breakfast Club' and I've always wanted to play the underdog lead hero in a 1980s-inspired film"
James McAvoy, Actor
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Small: I considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realiz
"I considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realized I was only in it for selfish reasons. And, more importantly, I didn't want to sacrifice the ladies!"
James McAvoy, Actor
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Small: Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are
"Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are"
William Barclay, Theologian
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Small: Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. Its the image, not what you sing
"Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It's the image, not what you sing"
Rod Stewart, Musician
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Small: Thats how I got my name, you know. The Bonny scot, see?
"That's how I got my name, you know. The Bonny scot, see?"
Bon Scott, Musician
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Small: I was in a band called the valentines and they broke up last week
"I was in a band called the valentines and they broke up last week"
Bon Scott, Musician
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Small: No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as d
"No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved"
John Knox, Clergyman
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Small: A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if p
"A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality"
William Winwood Reade, Historian
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Small: I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a
"I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas"
Norman McLaren, Artist
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Small: What I do now is all my dads fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason
"What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason"
Rod Stewart, Musician
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Small: I wish I knew what I know now before
"I wish I knew what I know now before"
Rod Stewart, Musician
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Small: A show is like having a climax. Its like having an incredible, natural climax. And then suddenly its all finis
"A show is like having a climax. It's like having an incredible, natural climax. And then suddenly it's all finished, and you don't know what to do next"
Rod Stewart, Musician
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Small: When a popular phenomenon reaches the cover of Time, it is already out of fashion
"When a popular phenomenon reaches the cover of 'Time,' it is already out of fashion"
Richard Holloway, Writer
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Small: Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it
"Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it"
Norman McLaren, Artist
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Small: So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit of an earlier age
"So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit of an earlier age"
Norman McLaren, Artist
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Small: I like black and white films. I dont exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is remov
"I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film"
Norman McLaren, Artist
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Small: Film is changing, and it cant help but keep changing
"Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing"
Norman McLaren, Artist
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Small: The most abysmal advise ever given by the ignorant to the stupid
"The most abysmal advise ever given by the ignorant to the stupid"
Tommy Armour, Athlete
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Small: Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. Th
"Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope"
John Boyd Orr, Politician
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Small: In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater p
"In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater powers over the forces of nature than the ancients ascribed to their gods"
John Boyd Orr, Politician
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Small: In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, cont
"In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, controlled practically the whole world. One, the British Empire, brought under one government a quarter of the earth and its inhabitants"
John Boyd Orr, Politician
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Small: When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to the point.
"When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to the point. It was nice to see him after a long time, and we met in a hotel room"
Ian McDiarmid, Actor
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Small: If you got the DVD you can see that George Lucas has taken that person out, as well as the voice, and we shot
"If you got the DVD you can see that George Lucas has taken that person out, as well as the voice, and we shot this scene when we arrived in Australia during the actual filming of Episode 3"
Ian McDiarmid, Actor
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Small: I suppose its easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face its also quite gratifying to play
"I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play"
Ian McDiarmid, Actor
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Small: And also, its sort of my job to make you believe things about him that arent true about me
"And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me"
Ian McDiarmid, Actor
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