John Hurt Quotes
It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor.
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I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
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Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.
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For mascara, I'll just use whatever I have in my bag. I'll use anything. I feel like, from drugstores to a Saks, they are all the same to me.
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If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
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Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outraged expressions of dissent that we may not want to hear. But even for this there have to be limits.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West - otherwise, Anthony Quinn would have never been an actor.
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What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.
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I said to Ruth Rendell, 'When you've written as many books as you have, it's easier.' She said, 'No dear, it gets harder'.
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I don't like traditions, I am very personal, very independent, I don't like intimate ladies, I mean in German lieder there's a lot of copy, a lot of imitation, a lot of tradition, and this I have put it aside.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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One way the Tea Party has benefited female candidates - and the conservative movement generally - is by consciously steering clear of social issues.
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When I look at relationships, my own and others, I see a wide range of reasons for people to be together and ways in which they are together. I see ways in which a relationship - which means something that exists between two or more people - for the most part reinforces people's separateness as individual entities.
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Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven.
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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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If there's one thing I've learned from traveling, it's that it is definitely more important how you are than where you are. You can say, 'Oh, I hate X city, I hate that country, or I prefer this city,' but it's a little bit up to you to find some kind of happiness.
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When I bet on horses, I never lose. Why? I bet on all the horses.
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It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor.
