I was nice and well-mannered because I was taught manners. I was very imaginative and quite adventurous. I was a tomboy, and I was always jealous that my older brother Hugh had bigger toy aeroplanes than me. I was always playing with boys' toys; I don't remember owning any dolls.
I read prodigiously as a child, and I still do.
I would head to the countryside for peace and silence. That would be the best way, away from panicked, hysterical people.
Trage niemals, niemals nie, drei-viertel Hosen. Nichtmal im Sommer.
I don't like it when people ask actors to work for free - on the fringe - as if it's some kind of virtue. That annoys me - actors should be paid well.
I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.
I do sometimes play characters that are a bit ambiguous. You've got to be brave about that sort of stuff. I like the sense of people not feeling too secure, not immediately knowing what they have in front of them.
I have a terrible superstition of writing things down.
Selbst nachdem man es geschafft hat, versucht man ständig, sich zu beweisen.
Ich halte mich nicht gerne zurück, denn so verletzt man sich nur selbst.
There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn't fanatical.
Ich trinke nicht. Ich habe entschieden, jetzt nüchtern zu bleiben. Ich habe die letzten sechs Jahre getrunken, aber dieser Mensch will ich nicht mehr sein.
I have been able to tap into all the negative things that can happen to me throughout my life by numbing myself to the pain so to speak and kind of being able to vent it through my music.
Starbucks hat ein bedeutsames Verhältnis mit den Menschen, bei dem es nicht nur um Kaffee geht.
Wer im Starbucks sitzt, sollte nicht mit Ladekabeln werfen.
Melbourne ist meine Stadt - viel mehr als Sydney.
Was Louis Vuitton berühmt gemacht hat, war die Qualität. Wir machen keine Werbung; wir erschaffen einfach nur Produkte, die herausragend in Qualität und Design sind.
When I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings that had this creative side coming from the architect and that were making them a big success.
We are really very lucky to have so many fantastic brands. But to grow them we should not be too much in a hurry. They are growing fast, but they have to grow accordingly to the market and to the capacity we have to deliver good products.
In business, I think the most important thing is to position yourself for long-term and not be too impatient, which I am by nature, and I have to control myself.
In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
Vergiss die Vergangenheit, frag mich lieber, was als nächstes kommt.
I don't show tension and nervousness, but I know how fast my heartbeat races before a race.
My role model was Sachin Tendulkar as a kid. I feel very proud that I have been able to follow his footsteps and become a UNICEF ambassador like him.
I am hurt that some people criticise very harshly without even realising the hardships which we go through.
I was naughty but never demanding. I never asked my parents for shoes or tracksuits. I was happy with what I had.
In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.'
Starbucks is in my blood. It is such a part of me that letting it unravel simply was not an option.
Companies should not have a singular view of profitability. There needs to be a balance between commerce and social responsibility... The companies that are authentic about it will wind up as the companies that make more money.
When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.
I've always been interested in setting my stories against a big event, the importance of which my younger readers are slowly becoming aware of as they move into their teens.
I think probably you can either write for kids, or you can't. That ability to imaginatively be a child and see the world as a child and feel and think like a child - you either have that ability or you don't.
If we get caught up in a story, it's because we've started to care about the characters, and that can only happen if we've moved beneath the surface.
Children have limited power to shape their own lives, but when they can experiment with possibilities through books, their optimism can be recharged and kept alive.
Es heißt immer, mit Geld könne man sich kein Glück kaufen. Aber man kann sich davon einen Flug nach Melbourne kaufen - was quasi das selbe ist.
One of the fears of having too much work is not having time to observe. And once you get recognised, there is nowhere for you to look any more. You can't sit on a night bus and watch it all happen.
Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don't see beyond that.
I'm not confident in social situations; just going up to someone in a bar and saying 'Hi' is going to be even more difficult because they won't know the real me. They will just know me as a fictional person I play on the screen.
A woman who knows that she doesn't have to get all decked out to look good is sexy. A woman who can make you feel smart with her conversation skills is also sexy. I believe the sense of humor is important.
The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.
I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.
Empathie entsteht durch den alten biblischen Satz "Liebe deinen Nachbarn wie dich selbst."
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.
The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.
She told me she had a note, somebody was sick.
I know what she used to do sometimes. She kept her best cape she wore on the street in there, and she used occasionally to go up there to get it and to take it into her room. She kept a great deal in the guest room drawers.
Oh, Mrs. Churchill, do come over, someone has killed father.
She said she was going out, and would get the dinner. That is the last I saw her, or said anything to her.
I don't know what I have said. I have answered so many questions and I am so confused I don't know one thing from another. I am telling you just as nearly as I know.
