John Mortimer Quotes
Our system, which we call democracy, at least leaves us the right from time to time to get rid of those who wish to govern us. And, if it's nowhere near Utopia, it is probably the best of all imperfect systems. All I can do is to advise you to be very cautious of those who claim to represent you and order you about for your own good.
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Everything with Marvel is on a need-to-know basis, so I didn't officially know until the second episode I did, which I think was the 10th episode in the season. Information is carefully guarded over there. I definitely didn't know that I was 'Deathlok.'
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One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.
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I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.
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I'm an entrepreneur, a businessman. I've got a lot of money, and that doesn't go very well with the whole 'starving artist in a garret' routine.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
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We must have serious dialogue between Catalonia and the Spanish state on a referendum, on independence, and on how a separation from Spain - if that's what the Catalan people choose - would be accomplished.
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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.
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I feel very English. I'm proud of it. I wanted there to be a thread connecting everything, the songs, clothes, artwork, even the string arrangements. It all creates a certain atmosphere.
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If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different.
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India absorbs things; India's not a divisive place.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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I've been a huge fan of virtually every incarnation and spin-off of the 'Star Trek' franchise (don't get me started on 'Voyager,' though), but there's something about the purity of the original series that really appeals to me.
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There is one prevailing key to success. Do what you resolve to do. Then you'll be a success. If you can discipline yourself to follow through on your promises to yourself, your self-esteem goes up. Persistence is self-discipline in action. Self-discipline is the foundation of self-confidence .
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Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
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I am very fond of fresh air and royalties.
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I love make-up so much, but I'm a bit rubbish at skincare; I'm really disloyal and never stick to one thing.
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Our system, which we call democracy, at least leaves us the right from time to time to get rid of those who wish to govern us. And, if it's nowhere near Utopia, it is probably the best of all imperfect systems. All I can do is to advise you to be very cautious of those who claim to represent you and order you about for your own good.
