David Thewlis Quotes
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Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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We just here to do our job.
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I've always been a person who's been true to myself and true to others, and I'm not afraid to be honest.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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Ireland was, of old, called the Isle of Saints because of the great number of holy ones of both sexes who flourished there in former ages or who, coming thence, propagated the faith amongst other nations.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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All of us grow.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
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Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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I don't want to talk in terms of miracles. I think this is a very serious situation. But I do want to talk in terms of Bush becoming a man of the hour, and I think this is way to do it.
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Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what I'm talking about or not.
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It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
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A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake.
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London is a good fashion city. They're a little more daring. There's the element of the aristocracy, which is always interesting.
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This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason.
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I'm often cast as religious figures, good and bad, such as 'Kingdom Of Heaven.'
