Eden Phillpotts Quotes
The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.
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Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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Whenever you feel down, you can check on Twitter and feel better about yourself, because it's only people who like you.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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The future will be better tomorrow.
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I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.
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Sometimes I take a while to get ready to go out. It's not excessive, but it takes me some time to find clean clothes that match.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.
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I'd rather shut myself in a room for six months than act in a bad movie.
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America: It’s like Britain, only with buttons.
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Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.
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Well, yes, I've fired a lot of people. Generally I like other people to fire, because it's always a lousy task. But I have fired many people.
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You have to give people permission to laugh. That's why they would always cut to the banana peel in the Laurel and Hardy movies.
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The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.
