Mark Williams Quotes
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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Do you remember the wrestler Andre the Giant? Famous. He had acromegaly.
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Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression.
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Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room and dream.
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Virtue is beauty, but the beauteous evil. Are empty trunks o'erflourished by the devil.
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The first person who showed me that I could be a maker of music was one of my best friends. It's like, you can't see yourself doing something until you see somebody else doing it. Other people were encouraging me singing, but this was the first time that I could see myself writing songs and playing guitar.
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To me, the money is – it's certainly a wonderful thing. But it is in direct proportion to how you're able to bless yourself and bless others with it.
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I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today.
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it’s difficult to be curious and unhappy at the same time. Re-igniting
