David Thewlis Quotes

For years, I've been mistaken for Rhys Ifans. All the time. People come up and say, 'Notting Hill?' I nearly got beaten up once for not being Rhys.

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• When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.

  

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• The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

  

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• Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.

  

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• Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.

  

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• There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.

  

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• Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.

  

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• I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.

  

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• One of the few benefits of being a journalist is that you're not in the Army.

  

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• A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.

  

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• Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.

  

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• I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help - you know, kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now. You know, they've got a new government in place. They're trying to rebuild the country. I would love for that to happen in Cuba also.

  

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• It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.

  

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• We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.

  

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• Our relationships are precious, valuable treasures from heaven, and we should handle them carefully, always looking for ways to build bridges to each other's hearts.

  

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• When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.

  

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• People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?

  

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• British girls are really funny, so I definitely think we'd get along.

  

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• Our smartphones can offer innovative opportunities for improving how we react to our environment, and I believe it is increasingly becoming an asset - not a hindrance - to maintaining a healthier relationship with our work, our friends, and the world around us.

  

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• On days when the sky is grey, the sun has not disappeared forever.

  

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• I've spent quality time in the aerospace community, with my service on two presidential commissions, but at heart, I'm an academic. Being an academic means I don't wield power over person, place or thing. I don't command armies; I don't lead labor unions. All I have is the power of thought.

  

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• Opponents of legal birth control, including abortion, have tried for decades to play the race card, saying that legal abortion is racist. What they ignore is that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. accepted the Margaret Sanger Award from Planned Parenthood in 1966.

  

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• Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay, put up your caravan just for one day?

  

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• For years, I've been mistaken for Rhys Ifans. All the time. People come up and say, 'Notting Hill?' I nearly got beaten up once for not being Rhys.

  

  David Thewlis
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