Dennis Potter Quotes
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I've always been very visceral in that I feel things very deeply.
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
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A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.
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Sometimes when it comes to the iconic kind of moments, when I read the script for the first time, you get little goose bumps or something because it really is kind of exciting.
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Malicious attacks on the Soviet Union produce a natural feeling of indignation.
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Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.
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Throughout the 19th century, Britain bought cheaply from the countries of the empire and compelled subject countries to buy our goods at high prices.
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Liberals have to get more comfortable with dealing with the poor as they actually are. I admire their refusal to look down on the least among us, but at some level, that can become an excuse to never really look at the problem at all.
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We pushed our first record, 'Boomerang,' to different labels, but it was hard for them to see though the 'white guys singing R&B' thing.
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Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
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Though the Grimms kept about 100 of the tales from the first edition, they changed them a good deal.
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I think I've found a purpose in acting; it's something I truly love and truly enjoy. It makes me happy. It makes me understand more about life, in front of the camera, than what I'm living beyond the camera.
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I would never complain about my life, even though I really would like to have a mate.
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To be vulnerable, to be raw, to virtually expose your guts, I like doing that.
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Maybe someone will step up, but they don't have anyone right now.
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I don't know much about my biological background.
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It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
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My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you in hot haste to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it.
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I've been at the very bottom of poverty, and it's not so bad. It's even kind of interesting. You can live there with a certain amount of style.
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I have read every book in the 'Dune' series and every Anne Rice book.
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What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!
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I just like to have the ideas. Other people can help see them through.
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'No Sweetness Here' is the kind of old-fashioned social realism I have always been drawn to in fiction, and it does what I think all good literature should: It entertains you.
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Everything we do has consequences.
