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Years of Living Dangerously' is a wonderful opportunity to reach a lot of people with the story and importance of climate change in our lives; in recent history, there's no bigger threat to the quality of human life than what is taking place right now in respect of climate change. ”
The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that it's a cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it doesn't change - it hasn't suddenly changed into another kind of movie. It's still a cowboy movie. And that's what's incredible about it because nobody has done that before, that's new territory. ”
I don't have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change. ”
I'm very aware that after you've played Cleopatra, there's not a lot that can top that in this sphere, so it means that I want to almost change the sphere I work in rather completely because I will always be comparing it to Cleopatra. ”
As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. 'Pears like I didn't do nothing but pray for ole master. 'Oh, Lord, convert ole master;' 'Oh, dear Lord, change dat man's heart, and make him a Christian.' ”
It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature. ”
What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable, than that of teaching? ”
So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women. ”
The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear. ”
There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages. ”