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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There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population.
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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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The Devil is not the Prince of Matter; the Devil is the arrogance of the spirit, faith without smile, truth that is never seized by doubt. The Devil is grim because he knows where he is going, and, in moving, he always returns whence he came.
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There are memories I a better off without. Things better lost forever.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to thee.
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Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.
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Oh – what's the bloody point?
