Joe Orton Quotes
I was approached to do a film script for the Beatles. I said it would have to be an absolutely original script. Paul McCartney said do whatever you like. I said that means you'll never be able to do it.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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The Guardian's 'Word of Mouth' blog bridges the gap between blogging and serious food journalism.
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Sometimes words are harder than blows.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God, and God reaches down to you.
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I will only speak off the record about Debra Winger.
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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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I used to ride horses when I was younger. Ponies were my life. I miss being fearless.
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If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?
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Love it or hate it, Obamacare is the law of the land. It was passed by Congress, signed into law by President Obama, declared constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court and ratified by a majority of Americans, who reelected the president for a second term.
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It's fun to come back to the town where I went to school and see all the new Wildcat players.
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We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don't necessarily know everything I am.
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Ye have committed wickedness Against the Creator. A hundred thousand angels Are to me witnesses, Who came to conduct me After my hanging, When hanging cruelly, Myself to deliver me In heaven there was trembling When I had been hung. When I cried out Eli!
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Science is meaningless because it gives no answer to our question, the only question important for us: 'what shall we do and how shall we live
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I love the word 'faggot,' because it describes my kind of guy! You see, I am a fag hag. Fag hags are the backbone of the gay community. Without us, you're nothing! We have been there all through history guiding your sorry ass through the underground railroad! We went to the prom with you!
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And she arose, and in that darkening room Stood lonely as a spirit of the night - Stood calm and fearless in the gathered night - And raised her eyes to heaven. There were tears Upon her face, but in her heart was peace. Peace that the world nor gives nor takes away!
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When in a serious mood, it seems to me that those people are illogical who feel an aversion toward death. As far as I can see, life consists exclusively of horrors, unpleasantnesses and banalities, now merging, now alternating.
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I think the thing I've always tried to do is - and I didn't plan it, it just started to come out that way - is try to make challenging music that flirts with accessibility.
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Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.
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I suppose I have an active imagination, and writing allows me to live it out.
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If anyone comes along, I'm more than happy to welcome them, but I'm not interested in world domination.
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I was approached to do a film script for the Beatles. I said it would have to be an absolutely original script. Paul McCartney said do whatever you like. I said that means you'll never be able to do it.
