John Mortimer Quotes
All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
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I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
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I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
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I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.
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Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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The Civil Rights Movement, it wasn't just a couple of, you know, superstars like Martin Luther King. It was thousands and thousands - millions, I should say - of people taking risks, becoming leaders in their community.
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I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.
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Each goodly thing is hardest to begin.
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I'm single-minded. When I'm working on a project, all my attention is there.
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I think the struggle, whenever you make a film or television movie based on a real person's life, is finding a dramatic arc that will hold an audience's attention.
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If you are a parent, the horoscope will aid you to detect the evil latent in your child and teach you how to apply the ounce of prevention. It will show you the good points also, that you may make a better man or woman of the soul entrusted to your care.
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I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.
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Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
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The wonderful thing about acting is you move along with your decade. The older you get, the more interesting the parts you get to play and you bring more of your personal experience to the part.
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I'm always in favor of more glamour. I embarrass my children, I think. I am the lady in feathers in the car pool line.
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All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.
