Philip Kerr Quotes
I think the context of an hour-long drama gives breathing space that you don't get in a film.
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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
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I don't think any media has to feel obliged to show the cover of 'Charlie Hebdo.'
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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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Music is like my security blanket.
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Liam Smith was a resilient fighter. He was tough, has a lot of heart. He thinks before he attacks.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
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When it comes to relationships, I think I'm pretty experienced - you'd be surprised.
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My family never missed a visit in eight months, ever. I cried coming out. I didn't cry coming in. There's a big difference. I believe that God put me there for a reason, Incarceration is serious.
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I do think from time to time that conceptual questions arise: What do we mean by equilibrium? What do we mean by this concept and that concept?
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You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.
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I think all writers are mainly writing for themselves because I believe that most writers are writing based on a need to write. But at the same time, I feel that writers are, of course, writing for their readers, too.
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That's definitely a part of who Superman is and definitely who Clark on the farm is. It translates to how calm he is. I feel like I'm pretty calm most of the time and relaxed, which gives presence to the character.
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The Princess's so-called 'time and space speech' at the end of '93 about a year after the formal separation, looking back on it it's called her retirement from public life but we've seen in fact it's nothing of the kind.
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I think the context of an hour-long drama gives breathing space that you don't get in a film.
