John Thaw Quotes
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Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.
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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.
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The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I had such an amazing time filming 'Major Movie Star.' I loved everyone in the cast. They all brought their own spirit to the film, and I hope that is what will be seen on screen.
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How the visual world appears is important to me. I'm always aware of the light. I'm always aware of what I would call the 'deep composition.' Photography in the field is a process of creation, of thought and technique. But ultimately, it's an act of imaginatively seeing from within yourself.
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And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.
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I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money.
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When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.
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Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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Naturally, I was a bit of a curiosity, being the first hydrogen peroxide ingestion patient they had ever seen.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.
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Time will change who is in power.
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I'm not going to let anyone tell me that I can't perform, that I'm not artistic.
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I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the back and say, 'Oh, what a clever boy I am!' I think that, like most artists, we were put on the planet to suffer just a little. And we do.
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One of the great joys of being able to write something you can make, if you get certain actors you want and love, you're kind of buying yourself a front row seat to watch them work.
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I always try doing a different character for every film so it's not just changing one.
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Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character.
