Chris Barber Quotes
Here in England we live at a slower pace, have more time to enjoy things - like good jazz.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.
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I obviously would love to have a girlfriend, but a girlfriend deserves so much of your time and energy. And she deserves to be treated like a princess because that's how you should treat your girls. And if I can't give them that time and that devotion because of my dedication to football, then I don't feel like I should almost waste their time.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things. My parents are so amazing, they're brilliant. We try to take one step at a time and be wise about the decisions we make and keep our values and the things that are important.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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I'm a dork!
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I don't ever want to feel complacent.
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Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.
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To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.
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The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.
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I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.
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Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.
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I plead total ignorance to Led Zeppelin. I am totally in the dark about them.
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It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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If you knew the meaning of life, would you necessarily like it?
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My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy.
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Here in England we live at a slower pace, have more time to enjoy things - like good jazz.
