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 want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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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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I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it.
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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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While I feel it's important for films to examine our society, I don't particularly like watching the films that do it.
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Meditation … puts into question more or less everything you tend to do in your search for happiness. But if you lose sight of this, it can become just another strategy for seeking happiness-a more refined version of the problem you already have.
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It seems to me that most things that are being made are designed for young people. There aren't that many depictions of melancholic older people, even though they form a growing proportion of the population.
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There are those who would keep us slipping back into the darkness of division, into the snake pit of racial hatred, of racial antagonism and of support for symbols of the struggle to keep African-Americans in bondage.
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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.
