Martin Clunes Quotes
I think people need entertaining, and they like being entertained. That's all I do. I don't do anything important; I just work in entertainment.
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
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That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
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And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
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I just felt that you can't have a character fall in love so madly as they did in the last movie and not finish it off, understand it, get some closure. That's why the movie is called 'Quantum of Solace' - that's exactly what he's looking for.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's a good balance. It will be very interesting to see the public's reaction. But i think when we'll play the very first new piece, we will be scared.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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I had a lousy marriage and I drank too much.
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I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwear I have to wear.
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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It is a sad but undeniable reality that people have died in the line of duty since the earliest days of the United Nations. The first was Ole Bakke, a Norwegian member of the United Nations guard detachment, shot and killed in Palestine in 1948. The toll since then has included colleagues at all levels.
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'Muslim' is not a political party. 'Muslim' is not a single culture. Muslims go to war with each other. There are more Muslims in India, Russia and China than in most Muslim-majority nations. 'Muslim' is not a homogenous entity.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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'Gatekeeper' was sort of my first attempt to put a little bit of a frame and boundaries around songwriting, and try to figure out a way to approach it that had a sort of end result in mind. I haven't written many like that.
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I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister.
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No one bought my screenplays.
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The actors I respect are the real character actors, who are the real chameleon actors that completely change from role to role. I love Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness and Gary Oldman. They tend to be British, I guess. People who really disappear and transform, I really like that.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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I think people need entertaining, and they like being entertained. That's all I do. I don't do anything important; I just work in entertainment.
