John Higgins Quotes
The only woman I have played in my career was my wife and I beat her easily! But she wasn't much good.
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If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.
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My daughter, Lila, is my style critic. She'll say, 'No, Mummy, you can't wear that.' She's very good. I do trust her instinct.
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The cadence of life is slower in North Korea.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I kinda wanted to play receiver more.
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Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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In the south, whether it is a small film or a big film, everybody sees it. So, there is always something for everybody to come, see, and enjoy.
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As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
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Music is more emotional than prose, more revolutionary than poetry. I'm not saying I've got the answers, just a of questions that I don't hear other artists asking.
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More often than not, I get cast as quite Machiavellian roles - it's something about my face; I'm quite shifty or something!
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero.
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Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that 'you don't write in a French way; you can't make these multicultural films.'
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My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded.
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'Miele' is a code name for a girl who has a double life.
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My music, certainly, has never embarrassed me.
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I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.
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Oh, she had yet the task to learnHow often woman's heart must turnTo feed upon its own excessOf deep yet passionate tenderness!How much of grief the heart must proveThat yields a sanctuary to love!
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Really good ideas are always good beyond what you anticipated originally.
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'Llonio said life was a net for luck; to Hevydd the Smith life was a forge; and to Dwyvach the Weaver-Woman a loom. They spoke truly, for it is all of these. But you,' Taran said, his eyes meeting the potter’s, 'you have shown me life is one thing more. It is clay to be shaped, as raw clay on a potter’s wheel.'
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Wrestling is not an action; it is a sport.
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The only woman I have played in my career was my wife and I beat her easily! But she wasn't much good.
