Dennis Potter Quotes
Philip Marlow: You're the girl in all those songs. De-dum.Nurse Mills: What songs?Philip Marlow: The songs, the songs, the bloody, bloody songs.Nurse Mills: I wish I knew what you were talking about.Philip Marlow: The songs you hear coming up the stair.Nurse Mills: Sorry?Philip Marlow: When you're a child, when you're supposed to be asleep. Those songs.
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Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
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I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.
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I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be had in going there and pulling two or three books off the shelves.
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The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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Ecuador has about 700 kilometers of border with Colombia, and a lot of it is impenetrable jungle.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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I am the conductor for life of the Staatskapelle in Berlin, which fills me with tremendous joy because I feel absolutely at one with them. When we play, I have a feeling that together we manage to create one collective lung for the whole orchestra so that everybody in the stage breathes the music in the same way.
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There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.
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I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
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I want to be remembered for the work that I've done, rather than the car accidents that I've gotten into, the men that I've not dated - or the man that I have.
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I was about to walk on stage at the Kansas Speedway - I was playing a NASCAR race - and I said to Scooter Carusoe, who was standing side stage, 'I want to write a song called 'Wanna Be That Song.' Then I put my earphones back in and walked right out on stage.
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Sure. Knock yourself out. No, really. Hammer to the head, works every time.” Claire
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Growing up in Dumfries, I got no sun - I spent all my time in my room making records. When I came to America, it made me recognise the benefits of sunlight. Oh, and I also got a good haircut. I used to have a terrible haircut.
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'Friends' started because Rachel left her husband at the altar. This likability factor is just so stupid to me. It's the same thing as 'wish-fulfillment,' which is a big word you hear in a lot of Hollywood rooms. It basically means that people want to see other people living a life they can't lead, and I don't buy that. I think that's not true.
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Philip Marlow: You're the girl in all those songs. De-dum.Nurse Mills: What songs?Philip Marlow: The songs, the songs, the bloody, bloody songs.Nurse Mills: I wish I knew what you were talking about.Philip Marlow: The songs you hear coming up the stair.Nurse Mills: Sorry?Philip Marlow: When you're a child, when you're supposed to be asleep. Those songs.
