Jim Broadbent Quotes
Occasionally, I've been asked to do American roles, and once or twice I have, but I don't understand Americans. I don't have any real feeling for American culture.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
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I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
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Things that happen in Wyoming are things that wouldn't happen in a big city - we've got bears, we've got a lot of shotguns - in Absaroka County, everybody's got a shotgun in the back of their car!
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
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Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.
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I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.
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We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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We didn't realize there were that many boy bands until we started touring in Europe. I don't think we were ever affected by it since a lot of the groups in Europe didn't really sing live, but we did and would perform a cappella as well.
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The laws of the marketplace are physical laws, and they don't become suspended in a crisis any more than the law of gravity does.
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And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.
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And in fact I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. That's why I love it so much.
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I have never spoken for anyone but myself.
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You turn on the TV, and you hear all these guys: 'Republican Party in disarray. Turmoil in Washington.' I don't think that's the case.
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The real key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.
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Sushi is one of my favorite foods.
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You don't make a system more effective by increasing the number of regulators.
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Occasionally, I've been asked to do American roles, and once or twice I have, but I don't understand Americans. I don't have any real feeling for American culture.
