David Thewlis Quotes
I did 'Basic Instinct 2' because I had a baby about to be born, and the director said we could shoot before the due date.
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So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.
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I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.
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Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of songs rather than fans of artists.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!
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There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search for it.
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Everyone else in the 'iCarly' cast can operate on 5 hours of sleep, but not so for 'Old Man Nathan!'
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I got a cable from New York saying that what I'd written about the growth of Soviet agricultural production didn't make sense because the same levels were reached under the czars. I wanted to confirm it, but by then the censors were on to me.
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Being a father is just wonderful.
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I just love shows that don't hand everything to you, that ask you to be smarter. I think that's something really important that HBO has done to change the landscape of TV.
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Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone themselves.
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I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans.
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I've always had wanderlust to try and do different things, but I always return to the music of the Carter family.
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I learned at 50 that there are things that are not my department. Distribution is one of those things.
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I am not laughing, Dorian; at least I am not laughing at you. But you should not say the greatest romance of your life. You should say the first romance of your life. You will always be loved, and you will always be in love with love. A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do. That is the one use of the idle classes of a country. Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.
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I don't find anything upsetting or gross or degrading about fighting with a mental illness: Bipolar or Schizophrenia.
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This is an old family secret, and I just found this out recently, and it almost broke my heart. My mother said to me, 'I had never told you this, but God, you were an ugly baby'.
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Wands are only as powerful as the wizards who use them. Some wizards just like to boast that theirs are bigger and better than other people's.
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I did 'Basic Instinct 2' because I had a baby about to be born, and the director said we could shoot before the due date.
