David Thewlis Quotes
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I moved about 45 minutes from West Hollywood, and I live surrounded by nature and the wilderness, but I constantly find myself walking around, like in the commercial, saying, 'Can you hear me now?'
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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When I was a child - in wartime, pre-television - books were my life.
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I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.
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I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It's more important to be part of a process by rolling up your sleeves, being on the ground, initiating projects, starting campaigns - you know, building stuff.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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Around my house, I won't even speak to my family unless they first address me by my official Berzerker name, Godred Crovan, Victor of Sky-Hill and Ruler of Man and the Isles. And now that I think of it, that's probably why nobody speaks to me unless it's time to feed the dogs or take out the garbage.
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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Saying that you are advocating on behalf of small business does not grant a license to spend at will on more and more programs without congressional input, oversight, or statutory authority.
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I love being a part of something so many people can relate to and enjoy.
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I remember clearly, when I was about 4, my Aunt Linda said, 'I'm not babysitting him no more. He's bad.' It was one of the first conscious shifts I remember making. I decided, 'I'm going to be good now.'
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
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The 2004 presidential election that saw George W. Bush win with 51 percent of the vote was the last one Republicans will ever win with the overwhelmingly white and male coalition they have now.
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Both of my folks were into art. My dad was an art collector, my mom had a little kiln in our basement, and we would make pottery. I think from about age five on, they sent me to art classes, and I was a huge colorer.
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If you're a girl, you're always Daddy's little girl. You're vulnerable, no matter how worldly or sophisticated or strong you'd become along the way. My dad Lionel let me know how proud he was, even as he kept me from being too big for my britches.
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Palestinian ideology has become a lethal cocktail of radical nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism.
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I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by.
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I love being a dad.
