#be

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#am #before #every #i #i am

Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#considered #days #good #good job #job

Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#even #fantastic #glove #golden #hadn

Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#because #british #british actors #everyone #i

I always considered myself very successful even before the success of Secrets and Lies. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#before #considered #even #i #i always

I've been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. I've been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent on science and high technology, yet most of us are alienated from science. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#alienated #because #been #civilization #completely

Well, I actually grew up in the sixties. I feel very lucky, actually, that that was my slice of time that I was dealt. Let's remember that the real motivation in the sixties, and even in the fifties, was the Cold War. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#cold #cold war #dealt #even #feel

Beware the fury of a patient man. ↗

— John Dryden

#beware #fury #man #patient

By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man. ↗

— John Dryden

#been #began #believe #bred #child

Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people. ↗

— Andre Dubus

#element #how #important #look #narcissism