Mark Haddon Quotes
I think I've learnt that there is no character so strange that you haven't shared their experience in some small way.
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We shall probably get nearest to the truth if we think of the conscious and personal psyche as resting upon the broad basis of an inherited and universal psychic disposition which is as such unconscious, and that our personal psyche bears the same relation to the collective psyche as the individual to society.
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First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life.
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As an actor there's a lot of scrutiny and, even when you've had success, it becomes about sustaining that success. A friend of mine described it as a peakless mountain. Even for De Niro there's Pacino and for Pacino there's De Niro.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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It's a blessing to have fans acknowledging your craft, period.
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I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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I have a long-standing interest in what I like to think of as 'forbidden knowledge:' methods of unarmed killing, lock picking, breaking and entry, spy stuff, and other things that the government wants only a few select individuals to know.
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If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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Si operam medicantis exspectas, oportet vulnus detegas.
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You see, it was not only Hiccup who was growing up, it was the entire world around him - and when whole worlds grow up, that can be painful and difficult. Was it all worth the Archipelago in flames? I do not know, you decide.
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God has frequently to knock the bottom board out of your experience if you are a saint in order to get you into contact with Himself. God wants you to understand this is a life of faith, not a life of sentimental enjoyment of His blessings. ... "Though He slay me yet will I trust Him" - this is the most sublime utterance of faith in the whole of the Bible.
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Basically the movies I make are my life, so I choose how I want to live my life for the next two years. So that's a decision I have to make. At some point if I feel there are enough elements - it doesn't even have to have great characters or great stories - it's just elements that can get my excitement and curiosity for one or two years, then I'll jump in and I'll find out what that is. Then I have to do [interviews like this] and rationalize why I do this.
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I think I've learnt that there is no character so strange that you haven't shared their experience in some small way.
