John Hurt Quotes
To me, nothing ever feels like a sure thing. I cling to that because it's very important you don't ever think anything is a sure thing.
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as they do. It doesn't matter if you're close - it still sounds terrible to their ears.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it's only a short time for implementing a new energy policy.
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A lot of what gets on the radio isn't saying anything other than somebody wants to be famous and will do whatever they're told to get it.
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I'm happy pretty well anywhere on this big, beautiful planet.
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I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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Explosions are not comfortable.
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On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
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We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying what I am saying. But they don't have to, if they can control how many people hear it. And that's how they do it.
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I appreciate my journey, but I don't want that for my kid. Not any of it. It has nothing to do with whether I liked my childhood. I really did. But as a parent, that isn't the childhood that I'd provide.
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I have a skepticism toward romance. I believe that decency and companionship are, in the long run, more important in life.
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Many of the cognitive enhancement drugs serve to increase focus and concentration. But 'letting your mind wander' is very often an important part of the creative process.
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I think of it as the lasagna approach to writing because I'm always adding layers. I'll sometimes do it layer by layer, with dialogue, attribution, action, objects in the scene, setting... It can be sometimes that delineated.
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To me, nothing ever feels like a sure thing. I cling to that because it's very important you don't ever think anything is a sure thing.
