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  • Alice James on respect

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    “How sick one gets of being ‘good,’ how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours embody selfishness.” -Alice James

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  • Bryan Singer on respect

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    “What we call ‘evil’ doesn’t necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity so we can better understand it – so we can help prevent it.” -Bryan Singer

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  • Jenny Agutter on respect

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    “I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.” -Jenny Agutter

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  • Sue Wicks on respect

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    “I even believe if you’re killing a team, you shouldn’t stop. You should respect your opponents enough to play 100 percent the whole time. And by the same token, if you’re getting killed by the other team, you should never quit.” -Sue Wicks

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  • Jose Manuel Barroso on respect

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    “I’ll put it frankly – Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.” -Jose Manuel Barroso

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  • Ricky Schroder on respect

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    “I don’t wilt easily, and a director can’t either. He’s the captain of the ship and he’s got to be in total control. He also has to have respect for the people he’s working for. From being an actor and being on a set my whole life, I’m very comfortable there. And I’m not afraid.”…

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  • Octavia Spencer on respect

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    “You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you’re putting out there, if it’s received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it’s not received, great, I respect you for not.” -Octavia Spencer

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  • Kyra Sedgwick on respect

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    “I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldn’t do them. And I don’t want to screw them by not portraying them honestly.” -Kyra Sedgwick

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  • Joanna Newsom on respect

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    “In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza.” -Joanna Newsom

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  • Anatoli Boukreev on respect

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    “I respect Everest very much.” -Anatoli Boukreev

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  • Penelope Cruz on respect

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    “I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don’t want to be in any box. I don’t want to be one thing.” -Penelope Cruz

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  • Moshe Sharett on respect

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    “Arabs respect only the language of force.” -Moshe Sharett

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  • Matt Cameron on respect

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    “I would never want to live in L.A., and I made that decision years ago, so I never chose that path for myself, although I have much respect for those that do it at a high level.” -Matt Cameron

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  • Marvin Hagler on respect

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    “In some ways that fight gave me more respect around the world and helped me be even more popular because so many people felt my pain and saw that I was robbed.” -Marvin Hagler

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  • Steven Levitan on respect

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    “I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other’s heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work.” -Steven Levitan

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  • James Gandolfini on respect

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    “I have nothing but respect for HBO.” -James Gandolfini

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  • Bjorn Ulvaeus on respect

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    “I’m so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas just because they are regarded as religions.” -Bjorn Ulvaeus

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  • Beau Bridges on respect

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    “Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.” -Beau Bridges

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  • Catherine Bell on respect

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    “I think it’s great that she’s not perfect and wasn’t perfect. I think that’s maybe why so many young girls and different people look up to Mac and respect her even more.” -Catherine Bell

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  • Eddie Redmayne on respect

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    “I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so…

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  • Will Oldham on respect

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    “I have more respect for somebody who points at his ideal – in this case, the ideal of the pirate – and then becomes something that’s more radical, more exciting, more subversive than a pirate could ever be.” -Will Oldham

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  • Artur Davis on respect

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    “With respect to Barack Obama, let’s face it Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We understand that. African-Americans are going to vote for the first black president, especially when he happens to share the liberal politics on economic issues that many in that community hold.” -Artur Davis

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  • Nikolai Gogol on respect

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    “We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.” -Nikolai Gogol

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  • Andy Gibb on respect

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    “I respect the people who buy my records and come to my concerts. It’s only fair that I always try to give them the very best that’s in me. After all, I need them more than they need me.” -Andy Gibb

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  • Youssou N’Dour on respect

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    “My father used to tell me about how musicians don’t have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.” -Youssou N’Dour

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