John Hurt Quotes
I first decided that I wanted to act when I was 9. And I was at a very bizarre prep school at the time; to say 'high Anglo-Catholic' would be a real English understatement.
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The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand new path.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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Things aren't always clear at the beginning of a relationship. Be up-front. Don't play on her confusion or vulnerability. Women want and appreciate clarity.
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Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.
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Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you'd been the only man in the world.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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I can't go on. I'll go on.
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Madeleine Albright introduced herself to me. I talked to Henry Kissinger and Barbara Walters. And I asked Peter Jennings to write a note of encouragement to my son, Logan, a news anchor at the ABC affiliate in Palm Springs.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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I trip over my legs all the time. I'll wave to somebody, look up, and end up eating pavement.
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I don't go to scary movies because they scare me. But I can be in them because I know whether I'm living or dying.
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The conservative interpretation of American history says that wherever the word 'God' appears, it's obviously our God, it's obviously a Christian God; it's usually an evangelical God. The simplest point I'm making is: That is just absolutely not true.
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In the Buddha's life story we see the three stages of practice: Morality comes first, then concentrated meditation, and then wisdom. And we see that the path takes time.
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I first decided that I wanted to act when I was 9. And I was at a very bizarre prep school at the time; to say 'high Anglo-Catholic' would be a real English understatement.
