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" It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it. "
Judi Dench
Before
You
Good
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" I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other. "
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" Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned. "
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" I need to learn every day. "
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" There are very few things that surprise me. "
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" I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and I was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea. "
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" It was good to learn so early. They're not going to be kind to you. You have to do it and get on, and then gulp down and get better. "
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" I don't really want to retire. I intend to go on working as long as I can because I still have a huge amount of energy. "
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" Michael died five years ago this January, and the first thing that really struck me about the script was the part about her peeling off from the funeral and just getting into a rowboat and having a real kind of cry where nobody was. "
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