Sophie Okonedo quotes
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“I dont like going for more than a year without doing theater. I dont mind falling flat on my face so long as I feel Im open to the possibility of something extraordinary happening.”
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“I feel as proud to be Jewish as I feel to be black”
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“I never watch anything I do. I really would rather just not know at all how I come across.”
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“Im drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. Im not saying I dont love films about super-people or super-doctors, but my preference is for stories about how we get through this life, what it is to be human, because Im always struggling with it myself.”
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“My main form of exercise is my bike. I dont have a car, so I cycle everywhere.”
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“As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in TV I was offered a whole spectrum of parts.”
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“I do love being an actress. The other stuff, the fame, well - you know what? - you dont actually have to buy into it if you dont want to.”
-- Sophie OkonedoSource : "'There wasn't a minute I didn't love being Winnie'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2010.
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Source : "Remarks by Aaron Sorkin ’83 at Syracuse University’s 158th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s 115th Commencement". Aaron Sorkin's Commencement address at Syracuse University in New York, news.syr.edu. May 13, 2012.
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Source : "The First World War". Book by A. J. P. Taylor , p. 165, 1963.
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Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
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“As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.”
Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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Source : Aaron Copland, Richard Kostelanetz (2004). “Aaron Copland: A Reader : Selected Writings 1923-1972”, p.32, Psychology Press
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