Chris Matthews Quotes
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After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.
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I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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Under Hitler it was the entrepreneurial and professional classes who were the first victims of Nazi boycotts and exclusion. Today it is Israel, the most powerful symbol of Jewish national resurgence in two millennia.
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Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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My personal philosophy is that people should be extremely selfish for the first half of their life and extremely unselfish for the second half because then they can do the most good.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.
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I was lucky. My parents and teachers provided me with a wonderful and secure childhood where I always knew I was loved, valued, and listened to.
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All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.
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When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.
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Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right.
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Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
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Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.
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I hate the term 'arm candy.' But, look, a woman's figure is a beautiful thing, and if she has shapely legs, then she should show them off, because men love to see that. Not just heterosexual men - gay men like to see a woman in her beauty and the shape of her.
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I was quite fearless as a kid. But I've had to realize I'm not invincible. That's what breaking your back does. It makes you grow up and reassess life.
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The ancient Apostles were common men, and that was part of their credential.
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You get as many chances as you want; as many as you dare to make for yourself.
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The more failure you can accept, the greater your chance of success.
