John Hurt Quotes
I'd never done any Beckett before 'Krapp,' and I haven't done any of his other plays since. I've always felt that 'Krapp' is an autobiographical piece.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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Vox populi vox dei: the voice of the people is the voice of God. The slogan was useful for those who first attempted to substitute the people for God as the source of political authority. Their attempt was ultimately so successful that God no longer seems to be needed in government.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.
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It's such an honor to do this job because I love it. And I get to work outside, and what can beat that?
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I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.
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A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.
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There has been no persecution I have not tasted, no oppression I have not suffered. I neither care for Paradise nor fear Hell. If I see my nation's belief secured, I will not even care about burning in Hell, for while my body is burning, my heart will be as if in a rose garden.
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You can involve yourself in electronics, computers, puzzles... there's a lot of creativity and brain working. There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize.
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You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.
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Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.
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No man has the right to use the great powers of the Presidency to lead the people, indirectly, into war.
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It turns out that popularity is scary. I don't feel comfortable receiving so much attention from people; perhaps that's because I'm just a kampong boy.
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When I got married, my marriage was illegal in 17 states because my husband had a different skin color than I did. And we saw those laws go down one at a time.
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Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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I'd never done any Beckett before 'Krapp,' and I haven't done any of his other plays since. I've always felt that 'Krapp' is an autobiographical piece.
