John Mortimer Quotes
The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt.
Quotes to Explore
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It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.
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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
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I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
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If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a pivotal point threw gasoline on the flames by comparing angry American citizens to Nazis.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.
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Football was what I was good at, and it was what I loved.
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As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.
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Before 9/11, I was playing a wide range of characters. I would play a lover, a cop, a father. As long as I could create the illusion of the character, the part was given to me. But after 9/11, something changed. We became the villains, the bad guys. I don't mind to play the bad guy as long as the bad guy has a base.
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I'm one of those actors who fall into the camp of never wanting to look at themselves on camera ever, thank you very much. I do not and will not, because I am my worst critic.
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I refuse to go onstage without looking into the eyes and touching everyone I'm working with... we're all in it together, and everyone's an equal part when we're onstage.
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If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with grace; if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him.
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I tried to live my life really openly and transparently right from the get-go. I think that probably resonated with people.
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The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt.
