Jamie Bamber Quotes
It frustrates me that Britain can't make something like 'CSI' or 'The Sopranos'. Instead, British TV puts soap in primetime while every other civilized nation leaves it in daytime. Viewers should be more demanding.
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Well, my type is obviously creative. Creative, with burning eyes and a pretty mouth.
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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For me, a novel is always the result of my attempt to impose myself on raw circumstances. It is a concrete form of lived experience.
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Anyone in the humor business isn't thinking clearly if he doesn't surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity - or you burn yourself out.
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Taste is the common sense of genius.
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Nothing personal - I am just doing my job.
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I'm a big fan of a great glass of red wine and a delicious bowl of pasta made from scratch.
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The fallback position in politics is if you don't know what you want to be about, and if you don't know what your vision is, go at somebody else.
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Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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If you look at successful studios, they're the ones with stabilized management.
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Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.
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Even as the Internet has revived hope of a universal library and Google seems to promise an answer to every query, books have remained a dark region in the universe of information. We want books to be as accessible and searchable as the Web. On the other hand, we still want them to be books.
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I'm not like my siblings, who are musical but can turn their hands to other professions! I'd always wanted to be involved in music - I'm a great believer in doing things that fulfil you.
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With words woven into almost every detail of his life, it seems amazing that Mr. Mets' thinking on the subject of language should be so limited.
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There's a crowd of people harbored in every person, there are so many roles that we play.And you've decided to love me for eternity. I'm still deciding who I want to be today'
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The thrill and embarrassment of becoming international pop stars was too much, so we opened our mouths and put our foot in sometimes.
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The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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My favorite Bob Dylan record is the very first one where he sings one Bob Dylan song and the rest of them are his interpretations of the Dust Bowl-era folk songs, or even going back as far as the mass influx of people coming into the U.S. during the gold rush. His interpretations of those songs are incredible.
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As writers, we all have an agenda, but if you recognize that agenda in a book, then you've failed.
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When a father climbs a dangerous mountain and dies, we mourn. When a mother does, we question her judgment. How could she?
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It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.
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It frustrates me that Britain can't make something like 'CSI' or 'The Sopranos'. Instead, British TV puts soap in primetime while every other civilized nation leaves it in daytime. Viewers should be more demanding.
