Oliver Reed Quotes
When I come home and I'm tired from filming all day, I expect her to be there and make sure everything is cool for me. You know, like drawing my bath and helping me into bed.
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The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.
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A lot of the time I'm working with people who are older than me.
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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The day before I was famous in Denmark, nobody looked my way. The day after, everybody wanted to talk to me.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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My life in science has been rich and rewarding. I have sacrificed very little.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and everyone else isn't. It's a great movie because everybody is fascinating, and she is at the center of it being amazing.
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I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
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There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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I really enjoyed playing Vinny Vedecci, the Italian talk show host. He was the first character I ever came up with where I gave him a name and a way of dressing.
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For me, it's about surrounding myself with the best, most talented team out there, and not ever being afraid of being the worst guy in the room. It's ego-crushing, yeah. Every day is ego-crushing. But it keeps you sharper than you can imagine.
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I think the comic that's gotten me the most feedback is actually the one about the stoplights. Noticing when the stoplights are in sync, or calculating the length of your strides between floor tiles – normal people notice that kind of stuff, but a certain kind of person will do some calculations.
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I like bubble baths.
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When I come home and I'm tired from filming all day, I expect her to be there and make sure everything is cool for me. You know, like drawing my bath and helping me into bed.
