Denholm Elliott Quotes
The English may love gardening and fishing, but they have never struck me as being close to nature. Their way of expression is 'the hollyhocks are awfully good' sort of thing, all done in very good taste. The savagery of nature is something they don't dwell upon.
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It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.
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Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.
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As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.
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I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.
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Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.
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If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add eight to 24 years to your life.
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I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl.
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It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did.
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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Every marvel of our age arose out of the critical give and take of an open society. No other civilization ever managed to incorporate this crucial innovation, weaving it into daily life. And if you disagree with this ... say so!
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I enjoy ritual and ceremony. What I don't like is when it's badly done or sloppily done. This is actually a theological issue - the forms we adopt, the actions we take, the way we do things, are, as it were, a sacrament.
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All my tattoos except my first were not planned. I would just go into the shop late at night with friends and ask for something on the spot. My first is my parents' wedding date. I thought it would soften the blow of getting a tattoo.
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I was definitely inspired by gospel music, or old-school R&B; I got into some Good God gospel compilations.
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The English may love gardening and fishing, but they have never struck me as being close to nature. Their way of expression is 'the hollyhocks are awfully good' sort of thing, all done in very good taste. The savagery of nature is something they don't dwell upon.
