Bernard Williams Quotes
Tragedy is formed 'round ideas it does not expound, and to understand its history is, in some part, to understand those ideas and their place in the society that produced it.

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Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.
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I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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You can give some kind of spark of life to a comic that a photograph doesn't really have. A photograph, even if it's connecting with you, it seems very dead on the page sometimes.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.
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The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
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Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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I will not sit in a room with black people when the N word is used. I know it was meant to belittle a person, so I will not sit there and have that poison put on me. Now a black person can say, 'Oh, you know, I can use this word because I'm black.'
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The road to Hades is easy to travel; at any rate men pass away with their eyes shut.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Your closest approximation of the purpose of the universe can be found in those loving emotions that you have toward the development of your children, in your intent to have them develop their fullest capacities.
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There are times when adverse publicity has hit my life, but these things are the growing pains of showbiz marriage.
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Tragedy is formed 'round ideas it does not expound, and to understand its history is, in some part, to understand those ideas and their place in the society that produced it.