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For years that may mean imitation. Then, one day, it is like a door opening, and a new thought comes in. Why not try this instead. Sudden... - Lukas Foss

For years that may mean imitation. Then, one day, it is like a door opening, and a new thought comes in. Why not try this instead. Suddenly he is doing something original, almost in spite of himself.

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I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.

The possibility that terrorist groups could obtain weapons of mass destruction should not be dismissed as a fiction. This is a horrific threat the international community should take seriously. As long as these weapons exist, so, too, does the risk of their use - by accident or design.

Luckily, I'm not one of those people who wants to be young; it's never bothered me.

I'm not a fast driver. I've seen what speed can do.

We are living in a new age of energy supply anxiety.

I'm not a republican any more. Not so voraciously anyway - I'm not in favour of the concept of monarchy, but I do see the good in it if there's a good person in the role.

There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.

I was always given the comedy role, even in the ballet. I was the one who fell off her points, you know? I love doing comedy, and I love being in things that make people laugh.

I've always wanted to play the villain. But the young girl is never the villain.

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I used to wear my brothers' hand-me-downs, which were all too big on me.

I'm always giving myself the Alzheimer's test. My shrink told me to do this. It takes one minute. You name every word that comes to mind that begins with the letter F.

The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.

I don't like the idea that in music, clothes, taste or anything, we are limited to a certain style, because we need to maintain an identity, maybe between some subculture group. Hopefully, all those walls break down, and music is just music.

Lent is a time to renew wherever we are in that process that I call the divine therapy. It's a time to look what our instinctual needs are, look at what the dynamics of our unconscious are.

I'm literally driving in the middle of the night, and my phone rings, and my manager says, 'How would you like to be the host of the Daily Show?' I get out the car, and I didn't have legs. You know in those movies where there's an explosion? But instead of the sound of the explosion, you hear the silence. That's literally what happened.