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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Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese consumers back into cinemas, and increase demand for U.S. films.
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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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Respectability is the dickey on the bosom of civilization.
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For anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful. Hence one must choose a master, God being out of style.
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A painting is merely the image of a tree, a man, or any other object reflected in a fountain. The difference between a painting and sculpture is the difference between a shadow and the thing which casts it.
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My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. That is absolutely the saddest thing in the world.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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I kind of learned that I am way too tough of a critic on myself and that other people are not judging me as harshly as I judge myself, so I need to give myself a break.
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Football should never be a worry. It should be exciting. When a child plays football outside, he doesn't need to worry. Professionals should be the same.
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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.
