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Victoria Abril

"The director had come to Madrid to court me."

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Asa Don Brown

"The director had come to Madrid to court me."

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Asa Don Brown

"The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address."

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Asa Don Brown

"Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like."

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Asa Don Brown

"What I wanted was for everyone listening to understand that these things mattered - not necessarily for me, but in this particular forum they mattered in terms of whether of not we were getting a person who should sit on the Supreme Court."

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Asa Don Brown

"My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity."

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Asa Don Brown

"Airlines are interesting. They not only favor celebrities, they court them."

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Asa Don Brown

"In 1994 the U.S. Court of Appeals decided in the case of Oliver North to permit the release of grand jury evidence, because it had already been so thoroughly leaked."

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Asa Don Brown

"I just want to get on the court."

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Asa Don Brown

"Please keep an open mind and let me have my day in court."

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Asa Don Brown

"The court has said you are entitled to robust speech on public sidewalks, even insulting speech."

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Victoria Abril
"My first vocation was dance."

Dance

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Victoria Abril
"The director had come to Madrid to court me."

Court

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Victoria Abril
"For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses."

Career

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Victoria Abril
"Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director."

Work

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Victoria Abril
"Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me."

Work

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Victoria Abril
"I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing."

Dance

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Victoria Abril
"There's nothing more human than two people making love."

Love

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Victoria Abril
"I had to gain weight until I looked like a seal so I could compete with the real whores who played the other roles. I was fat as a barrel."

Gain

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Victoria Abril
"I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun."

Dress

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Victoria Abril
"When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture."

Character

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