David Thewlis Quotes
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I am not honest.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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We didn't sleep last week - we literally didn't sleep - because we've been so busy with the book.
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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For the longest time, my older brother told me he was teaching me self-defense, but now that I'm grown up, I realize he was just practicing his martial arts on me.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I'm not working.
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It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We're always looking for the open space. A lot of times we'll face six defenders and four midfielders.
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Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
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The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
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It's quite fun to mess with the human voice. It's quite special in the sense that the voice is the #1 instrument that we can connect with; it doesn't sound too alien. I think that's the key is to find the line between sounding human and sounding robotic. That's an area that I like to explore a lot.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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Part of the new morality of the '60s and '70s is a new attitude toward homosexuality. The homosexual men and women have organized to fight for acceptance and respectability.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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Whenever we say a person's name, notice whether we have stated more than a fact. For example, the judgment, 'She's thoughtless' goes beyond the facts 'She said she'd call me and she didn't.'
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I don't think its good for the soul to invest too much of yourself in technology.
