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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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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We're the first not-white family to ever live in the governor's mansion. My son-in-law is Puerto Rican. I have a beautiful little granddaughter who is half Korean and half Latina. I'm the only white guy in the house.
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I finished by saying that it struck me that all the ethical systems I was discussing were after the fact. That is, that people act as they are disposed to, but they like to feel afterwards that they were right and so they invent systems that approve of their dispositions.
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We were living in California, and it just wasn't conducive for the lifestyle that we wanted with kids. Los Angeles is tricky to get around, there's paparazzi to deal with, and I had this feeling that I just wanted to move back to Australia.
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We live in a vacuous world, yet we do so with a feeling of urgency.
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The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.
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The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it’s really a wheel.
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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.
