Kenneth Williams Quotes
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there, is that Hollywood is an oriental city. As long as you do that you might survive. If you try to equate it with anything else you'll perish.
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The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
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It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.
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Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.
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I didn't want my daughter brought up by nannies, and I didn't want her to feel I wasn't around.
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I have been struck by the pervasive frequency of pompously patriotic ads for the defense industry, usually accompanied by deferential salutations to our men and women who are heroically sacrificing their lives in our defense. Do we really need all of that for our security?
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There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television.
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I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.
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I believe everything falls into place as it's supposed to.
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The characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts.
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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
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Nowadays, the truth is, I think a lot of the newer generation of action stars usually are pretty self-deprecating and cool. I mean, Dwayne Johnson is a great example.
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I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur.
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Of Lord Chesterfield This man, I thought, had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!
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He had almost yielded, but not quite. He had not consented. It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.
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I am a Hitchcockian - I still believe that 'Psycho' sets the standard for mother/son relations.
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If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by.
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Journalism should never be prostituted for selfish ends or for the sake of merely earning a livelihood or, worse still, for amassing money.
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The mainstream press was not aggressive enough after 9/11, was not aggressive enough in asking questions about a decision to go to war in Iraq, was not aggresive enough in asking the hard questions about the War on Terror. I accept that for the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times.
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Oh – what's the bloody point?
