Ian Wright Quotes

We aim to be producing 75% of our work for Avon in Poland by Q1 2007.

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• Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • Truth
  • Hand
  • Grip

• I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.

  

  Paloma Picasso
  • Peace
  • Proud
  • Name

• I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Soul
  • Single
  • Heaven

• It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Me
  • Values
  • Talking

• To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • World
  • Art
  • Power

• The pace of television is very different from film.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Different
  • Film
  • Television

• When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • People
  • You
  • Talk

• In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.

  

  Saint Basil
  • Mind
  • Truth
  • Eye

• I see myself as a story teller.

  

  E. L. James
  • Myself
  • Story
  • See

• I know that people everywhere listen to hip-hop, but especially being from the South, you really get that influence. You go out, you party, and it's just always there. Also, I grew up listening and loving reggae music, too.

  

  Kat Dahlia
  • People
  • Up
  • Music

• I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem and your identity start to become wrapped up in that celebrity, and when that starts to fade away, your self-esteem and your identity start to fade away with it.

  

  Jackie Earle Haley
  • Up
  • Pretty
  • Acting

• He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.

  

  Walter Scott
  • Tree
  • Fruit
  • Tall

• My advice to anyone would be to focus on your current job and be the best at it. The rest will take care of itself.

  

  Maelle Gavet
  • Job
  • Focus
  • Best

• When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.

  

  Patricia Briggs
  • She
  • Book
  • Reality

• Twenty is a wonderful age for things to be sparked.

  

  Oveta Culp Hobby
  • Age
  • Things
  • Wonderful

• He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Power
  • Devil
  • Empathy

• I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • High
  • Failure
  • Pressure

• I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.

  

  Magnus Larsson
  • Water
  • Find
  • Concrete

• Honestly, I'm not interested in gossip. Thing is, I know a lot of successful actors, and in hoping to be successful myself, I would like to think others would respect my privacy.

  

  Nathan Parsons
  • Respect
  • Myself
  • Gossip

• I love Daredevil. I thought it was enjoyable. Okay? There were critical issues with it, and that's why I wear black, some people wear red - we are entitled to our opinions.

  

  Avi Arad
  • People
  • Why
  • Black

• Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.

  

  Donald Trump
  • Hope
  • Listening
  • Missing

• The knack is to find your own inspiration and take it on a journey to create work that is personal and revealing.

  

  Martin Parr
  • Work
  • Journey
  • Inspiration

• Let's face it, 80 percent of the work I do my kids can't see.

  

  Joe Pantoliano
  • Work
  • Kids

• We aim to be producing 75% of our work for Avon in Poland by Q1 2007.

  

  Ian Wright
  • Work
  • Aim
  • Poland