Mark Gatiss Quotes
The question I ask myself is: have I really just become a squeamish middle-aged man, or has something happened to the horror genre that shows a growing appetite for watching torture, or at least a desire to explore it on film? And if so, why would that be? I can't pretend I know. I just know I don't like it.
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I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
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I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
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My favourite smell on a man is Lynx and Marc Jacobs.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.
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I know things aren't perfect for women in the U.K. and in America, but there are women in the rest of the world who have it far worse.
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I eat vegetarian a lot. I buy only fresh ingredients and cook from scratch - that way, when I feel like snacking and look in my fridge, it's: 'Oh, baby carrots or chocolate soy pudding. Take your pick.'
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I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
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Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out.'
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The first version of The Beautiful Room Is Empty was the first mss. I'd ever submitted to New York editors.
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As you get older, you grow and mature, and that should never stop. As soon as you stop growing, you're done living. I'll always be growing, forever learning, forever taking in advice from people I deeply respect.
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I don't understand why we give up genres, and the Western is a great genre. It's a part of the rich history of cinema and who we are as we've evolved as people, as a community.
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The heart of our relationship, this natural environment that has blessed us really all along the west coast of North America, on both sides of the border we've realized that this incredible natural wealth comes with a price.
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The question I ask myself is: have I really just become a squeamish middle-aged man, or has something happened to the horror genre that shows a growing appetite for watching torture, or at least a desire to explore it on film? And if so, why would that be? I can't pretend I know. I just know I don't like it.
