Bernard Cornwell Quotes
'There are men in Spain who need me, who trust me. They're not special men, they wouldn't look very well in Carlton House, but they are fighting for all of you. That's why I'm here.'
Quotes to Explore
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All of a sudden I'm an actor, and I spend a decade trying to fit in and realising that I didn't, really. Sometimes in the right circumstances, with the right people, it felt OK. But other times it was a bit more jobbing. I didn't fit the mould, somehow.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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I like to go to Africa purely with something to do. I'm not very comfortable getting into an armor-plated Land Rover and going to see things, with my hand gel, you know, it's not me at all. So I like to hang out and you know, really get to know people and try and do something that resonates with them.
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It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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I think people have a hard time thinking that I could've done a sitcom.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.
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At the beginning of the week, I roast a ton of vegetables so I can use them for the next few days. I also plan out meals in advance.
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To change what you get, you must change who you are.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
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History is much more the product of chaos than of conspiracy.
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I wish I could walk into a room and feel superior and have my nose up at everybody, but I can't, because I know I'm just a huge nerd, and that wouldn't work for me.
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Vegetarianism is a really important part of what we need to do to help the environment. The meat industry is really toxic to the environment. The cattle industry - besides the fact that there's a lot of cruel things happening - the manure is extremely toxic. We just need to pull back as a culture as much as we can.
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Citizenship is the chance to make a difference to the place where you belong.
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For us, with the rule of right and wrong given us by Christ, there is nothing for which we have no standard. And there is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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'There are men in Spain who need me, who trust me. They're not special men, they wouldn't look very well in Carlton House, but they are fighting for all of you. That's why I'm here.'
