Brian Blessed Quotes

When I was 11, I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin, and my teacher told me I would make a great actor.

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• There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.

  

  Oscar Isaac
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  • Unlimited

• My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.

  

  Ma Huateng
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• Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.

  

  H. L. Mencken
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• I have a great office.

  

  R. L. Stine
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• No one pays me to be nice.

  

  Aaron Allston
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• I used to think drinking was the only way to be happy. Now I know there is no way to be happy.

  

  Laura Kightlinger
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• Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.

  

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• We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.

  

  Cameron Winklevoss
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• When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Time
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  • Home

• Biggie has been the logo for success, the logo for doing it big - from popping champagne, the ladies, the fashion.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Success
  • Fashion
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• I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.

  

  Mackenzie Davis
  • Work
  • Women
  • Strong

• American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Power
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  • Historic

• Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.

  

  Florida Scott-Maxwell
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• This is my life... I mean, maybe I have Rs 100 crore in the bank, sitting comfortably. If that increases to Rs 10,000 crore, what difference does it make to me.

  

  Kallam Anji Reddy
  • Life
  • Me
  • Difference

• Winners never quit and quitters never win.

  

  Vince Lombardi
  • Never
  • Sports
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• A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • True
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• The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

  

  Walter Lippmann
  • Power
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• Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Day
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  • Early

• My vintage Levi's are my favorite on the show, 'cause they really fit.

  

  Laura Prepon
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• When I was 13, I had a weekend job at the Photographers Gallery Bookshop in London.

  

  Beeban Kidron
  • Job
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• We were high above fields, and there far, far below, was a small shadow as of a great bird tearing along the neatly marked off fields. It gave me the most tremendous shock to realize for the first time the terrific speed we were going at and that that shadow meant us - us, like a mirror! That 'bird' - it was us.

  

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh
  • Time
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  • High

• 'Macbeth' is one of the best operas ever, and doing it was a great experience. I added some things to the opera based from my experience on the movie - such as some of the special effects and bits of film - to make it new and interesting. It was a very good work and a very good experience.

  

  Dario Argento
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• A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.

  

  James A. Baldwin

• When I was 11, I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin, and my teacher told me I would make a great actor.

  

  Brian Blessed
  • Great
  • Teacher