Jonathan Dimbleby Quotes
I'm not certain that the BBC can claim to be making a wide enough range of distinctive programmes to make the case convincingly.
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Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
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The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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In Europe and Sweden, we see boobs on TV, and it's not a big deal. Everyone has them; everyone has seen them.
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The phrase 'blue plate special' has always been one of the homiest, coziest, most sweetly nostalgic phrases in the English language for me.
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Most of my early records were not cohesive at all, just collections of demos recorded in different years. 'Odelay' was the first time I actually got to go in the studio and record a piece of music in a continuous linear fashion, although that was written over a year.
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Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans.
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That's my favorite part about songwriting, the way you write a song, and someone else might hear it a different way.
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I'm not Hollywood. I'm a Quarter Rat. I belong here.
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I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
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The cinematic language and interior destiny of each Iranian film-maker is different. The international influences on them vary from Rossellini to Fellini, Akira Kurosawa to Hou Hsiao-hsien, but there is a strong sense of solidarity.
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I may have the 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' soundtrack, which I've been told is embarrassing, but come on, there are some good songs on there.
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Don't worry about never having time to write. Just write what you can in the time you do have and give yourself a big clap on the back, followed by a double latte and a blueberry muffin.
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I base a lot of decisions on my gut, and going with an independent label was a good one.
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The evolutionary epic is probably the best myth we will ever have.
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But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?
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A place where nobody dared to go the love that we came to know They call it Xanadu And now, open your eyes and see what we have made is real We are in Xanadu A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally Xanadu
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I have enough motivation just not looking like an idiot on national television. The fear of disappointing people is certainly higher.
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And above all you ought to guard against leading an army to fight which is afraid or which is not confident of victory. For the greatest sign of an impending loss is when one does not believe one can win.
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It's impossible having five, six, seven people in a room being creative together and not fight, because you want to fight. It's the only way creativity works, if you all put your ideas in.
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Bibite ! pergraecamini ! Este ! effercite vos !
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I think comedy I've learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail.
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That's what race fans love to see. That's what they bought this ticket for. That's what they're sitting in the grandstands rooting on their favorite driver for is to see him get out there, mix it up clean and bring it home just like we were, third and fourth.
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I'm not certain that the BBC can claim to be making a wide enough range of distinctive programmes to make the case convincingly.
