David Thewlis Quotes
I really like Los Angeles. I like the weather, the openness of it, the beach, the mountains, the desert. I find it inspiring. I get quite a lot of writing done out there.
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There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.
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It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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I love 'Annie Hall'; I will always come back to that film again and again. Diane Keaton has been such an inspiration to me. She always brings humour, but complexity, and I love watching her on screen. She's got real charisma.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.
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The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.
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People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
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Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.
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I'm in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else's, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn't a part of their everyday lives.
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I think that's like the age-old psychological core issue for any situation. Anybody who has had an experience with a parent that is absent, it's going to manifest.
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Dolphins games always have been among the most popular NFL telecasts in England.
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It's kinda all about image.
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It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
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A sudden intimacy occurs when someone does your hair.
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Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower, or because God our Lord, seeing that it would be good for them, allows them to melt into tears. But this does not mean that they have greater charity or that they are more effective than others who enjoy no tears.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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I can watch a movie and go, 'Oh, my god, that person is acting.' If you just listen to what the other person is saying, your response will always be genuine.
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If a man says a thing often enough, he is very likely to acquire some sort of faith in it sooner or later.
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Stock is everything in cooking, at least in French cooking. Without it, nothing can be done. If one's stock is good, what remains of the work is easy; if, on the other hand, it is bad or merely mediocre, it is quite hopeless to expect anything approaching a satisfactory result.
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Fine writing is a distinct disadvantage. So is unique literary style. They take attention from the subject.
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I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.
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I eat the same breakfast and lunch every day, both at my desk. I employ no time-saving tricks at all.
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I really like Los Angeles. I like the weather, the openness of it, the beach, the mountains, the desert. I find it inspiring. I get quite a lot of writing done out there.
