John Thaw Quotes
In the same way he's fascinated by crosswords, the puzzle of solving the murder is what drives him on.
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Happiness is precious, and so I prefer to keep mine private. In a world where everyone shares everything, I can think of a lot of happy moments, but they're mine.
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I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
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I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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I came up with a story and I wrote it.
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It is only the forcible propagation of conventional Christianity that makes the agnostic so bitter toward the church. He knows that all the doctrines cannot possibly be true, but he would view them with toleration if he were asked merely to let them alone for the benefit of the masses whom they can help and succour.
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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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Men are every bit as gendered as women.
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Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
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I think what history has done to Jewish people, frankly, cannot be made good by giving them a piece of land.
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When we were filming 'Twilight,' we didn't expect anything. We were just filming a movie that we wanted the fans to enjoy. And then it kinda just blew into this whole other world.
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It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.
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I consider creativity to be a more non-rational, subconscious thing. You have a relationship to your creativity - you can feed it with content, with some rational prodding and sleep and things like that, but the mechanisms by which your creativity work are largely unknown.
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Whenever I act well, my head clears. Always a bit frail I was personally, but never professionally.
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Every time you choose a perfume, you are voting. And, of course, I hope you vote for me. Not only for my ego, but for my pocketbook. The more you buy, the more money I make.
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I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out.
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The actresses I most admire are Cameron Diaz and Sofia Vergara. They're amazing comedic actresses and also gorgeous. That's the direction I'd like my career to go in.
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I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.
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After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It's in my den where I can look at it every day. I wear it out lookin' at it.
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I belong to the Russian language. As to the state, from my point of view, the measure of a writer's patriotism is not oaths from a high platform, but how he writes in the language of the people among whom he lives.
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Jamie was great. Was Schilling great, too? I never credit pitchers. I make my living off pitchers. But Jamie was great, and he got squeezed a lot, too.
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It's more interesting to put yourself in the place of Bette Davis than Irene Dunne, I guess.
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In the same way he's fascinated by crosswords, the puzzle of solving the murder is what drives him on.
