Boris Johnson Quotes
Times have been tough, the economy has been tough. But I want to bring forward a fantastic manifesto for taking the city forwards.
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I started to work in television for three or four years, in 1954. There was one channel of television, black and white. But it could be entertaining and educational. During the evening they showed important plays, opera or Shakespeare's tragedies.
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My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.
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TV is like a school. It is easy to shoot for a film. In movies, you have a definite start and end. You know your character is there for a particular period.
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U.S. foreign policy is Manichaean. It's like a Hollywood movie. You have to know who has the white hat and who has the black hat and then go against the black hat.
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When you are doing a show, it can get really dull. You are sitting so long while they set up the lights, then you say a couple of lines, then they tear down the lights again. At least stunts are something that uses your physical energy a great deal.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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I think lots of ideas are sometimes in our heads without us quite, you know, knowing it.
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We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society.
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Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
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I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead.
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I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
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I want to sing for people. I want them to have the music. It's a nice feeling.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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That is why it's so fun to make movies... you get to do lots of things you would never do in your normal life.
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It would be wrong to say that the city of Berlin is not regulated. What I think is more interesting is to what extent a city creates a sort of safe haven for its users, so that people feel confident that the city works on their behalf.
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I bought the VHS of 'Into the Woods' at the Suncoast in the Park City Mall and watched it in the basement when I got home. And when it was over, I rewound it and immediately watched it again.
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Times have been tough, the economy has been tough. But I want to bring forward a fantastic manifesto for taking the city forwards.
