Christopher Hampton Quotes
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We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations.'
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.
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We have a structural problem because you can simultaneously understand the medium to long-term risks of climate change and also come to the conclusion that it is in your short-term economic interest to invest in oil and gas. Which is why, you know, anybody who tells you that the market is going to fix this on its own is lying to you.
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We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background.
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That's the problem with having a bald head. It exaggerates the shape.
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Sexual harassment at work... is it a problem for the self-employed?
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My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.
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The problem is that when polls are wrong, they tend to be wrong in the same direction. If they miss in New Hampshire, for instance, they all miss on the same mistake.
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The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.
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It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.
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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted it to look and sound different with each album, which is really tantamount to suicide, cause people lose it, they lose it - they say: 'I like that, and that's not this.'
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I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.
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Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.
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The fact is that there is a serious problem of extremism with minority groups within Muslim communities.
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The problem with certainty is that sometimes it can sound cold and heartless, although it is the most compassionate and supportive answer.
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My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the emotions. But he was very affectionate towards me.
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Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.
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“The magic of espresso is that it's only made with 50 beans.”
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I'm a religious man. I pray for Milky Way.
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I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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To some people the ego is evil. It gives you so much. It gives you everything you want. But it takes back too much in return. It gives you everything: money, riches, women, glamour, everything you want. But in return it takes back so much, and you're soulless. That's its goal. The ego's goal is to leave you soulless.
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My problem is I'm a man of no convictions - at least, I think I am.
