Dirk Bogarde Quotes
It was said of me recently that I suffered from an Obsessional Privacy. I can only suppose it must be true.
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My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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The kind of classic pose of a female model is to look kind of sexy and a bit annoyed.
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You want maybe to be that guy or one of the few guys who can help develop the game in the United States.
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I'm trying to live every moment as much as I can.
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My boring, mundane, diligent kind of golf works sometimes. Actually, it works all the time. And sometimes, on the greatest stages, it really does flourish.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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Little boys have amazing minds.
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You've got to be all-in on this sport; you can't be one foot out the door.
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There's certain things that people hold as truth but that are not always necessarily true.
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What is true for you is what you have observed yourself. And when you lose that, you have lost everything.
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Fear of foreign domination in India led the Janata Party, in the 1970s, to push for partial Indian ownership of all multinational firms within the country. The result was a spectacular pullback, by companies such as IBM and Coca-Cola, and a stagnant economy.
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You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know.
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It was said of me recently that I suffered from an Obsessional Privacy. I can only suppose it must be true.
