Samantha Barks Quotes

#1. But we lived as usual. Everyone does, most of the time. Whatever is

Margaret Atwood

#2. If I wasn't performing, I wasn't alive. That's the truth. My parents had absolutely no interest in the business, but they knew it made me happy, so they said 'Go for it, girl!'

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#3. That Ted Turner is a genius ... He has taken what used to be a carnival side show and turned it into a gold mine. Yes - wrestling has become prime time for the masses. He's making these giant men into millionares with movie star status.

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#4. I love all things Christmas.

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#5. When I was a 7-year-old girl, in my bedroom, on my karaoke machine, I would sing 'On My Own' or do a one-woman version of 'Les Miserables.'

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#6. It's important to be able to keep things fresh, no matter what age you are, or how many years you've been in the industry.

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#7. I don't want to forget the last time you touched me.

Haruki Murakami

#8. I like to scare myself and throw myself off the deep end.

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#9. The day you stop learning and creating must be the most boring day.

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#10. I've found that musical theater is my passion.

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#11. I can't comprehend that I'm in the film of 'Les Miserables.' It's one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere.

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#12. If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.

Patricia Cornwell

#13. We can teach children about natural consequences and cause and effect of their relationships which is really a mirror of what happens in nature.

Shefali Tsabary

#14. The key point some Christians miss is that scientific ignorance about the beginning of life, or any of life's processes, is not evidence of a god.

Guy P. Harrison

#15. I would love to have a varied career, like Hugh Jackman. He started in musical theater, then established himself in film, but he still does a lot of stage work. And he does it all beautifully.

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#16. I love to sing random stuff. That's exciting for me.

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#17. I love singing some Johnny Cash, which is interesting because it's in a guy's key; I love singing Elvis Presley.

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#18. We all have an escape. Mine was theater.

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#19. I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.

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#20. I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.

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#21. I want to make smart choices.

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#22. I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre.

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#23. When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things - as opposed to making things up - that did not quite happen.

Geoff Dyer

#24. The red carpet is kind of a surreal experience. There's nothing normal about it, so for me the most important thing is to maintain some normality right until the point you get out of the car.

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#25. There's nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.

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#26. I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.

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#27. I never have celebrity crushes.

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#28. There is nothing more pathetic than people hiding their
cowardice behind seemingly noble intentions.

Amish Tripathi