Dirk Bogarde Quotes
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A president can't go to every memorial service.
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I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk he has now been giving for some 16 years.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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In the U.S., search engines are king. That is because everyone already knows what they are looking for. Brands have been around for a long time.
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Cussing ain't for everybody.
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.
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When I wrote 'Mushaboom', I was living in the second verse, but I suddenly found myself in the first.
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I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.
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American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.
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You make observations, write theories to fit them, try experiments to disprove the theories and, if you can't, you've got something.
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You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.
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I've been hearing fiddle music since I was in the womb, I'm sure.
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I'm happy to sparkle like a glazed disco ball.
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To observe attentively is to remember distinctly.
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And especially, especially, don't fuck with vegans. Do not look vegans in the eye. If you get into an argument with a vegan, say 'I'm wrong' and run away as fast as you can. Do not fuck with vegans because they will fuck you up...BECAUSE THEY'RE HUNGRY.
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What is peace? Is it war? No. Is it strife? No. Is it lovely, and gentle, and beautiful, and pleasant, and serene, and joyful? Oh, yes! Therefore, my friends, I wish for peace, upon you and upon yours.
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To the West, it seems hardly imaginable that the relationship between man and man (which is morality) could be maintained without reference to a Supreme Being, while to the Chinese it is equally amazing that men should not, or could not, behave toward one another as decent beings without thinking of their indirect relationship through a third party.
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If you do not train hard you will never fulfill your potential.
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We are out of the ditch, we're standing, we're walking, but we're not running. I want to grow the economy.
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I do my best to hold the director's opinion above my own.
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Romeo and Juliet were stunning and beautiful, but a lot of the other characters surrounding them were caricatures.
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I think I'm seen as trustworthy. I'm seen as having determination and persistence, and I'm seen as having a capacity to reach achievable answers to difficult issues.
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So I'm in quite the wrong profession obviously.
