Paul Scofield Quotes
King Lear is undoubtedly the greatest play ever written by Shakespeare - or anybody else for that matter. Hamlet is certainly great, but it doesn't contain as many elements of humanity as we see in Lear.
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The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
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Show me one dictatorship in the world that has not been supported by the United States government or some European governments. It almost doesn't exist. I think a dictatorship and hegemony are part of the same phenomenon.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look up the sky, it gives me a nice feeling, like looking at an old friend.
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I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn't want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool.
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We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
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As a child, I wanted to go into advertising. I had a love affair with the advertising industry.
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I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a song that I need to sing.
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Air power will not defeat ISIS. It has not been able to deny ISIS freedom of maneuver and the ability to attack at will.
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Police can only act on intelligence.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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We're not a fragile people. We're not a frightful people. Our power doesn't come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don't look to be ruled.
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My biggest asset is not cash - it's a large, growing, devout fanbase.
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Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own thing, so the major labels were just always out of our picture, we're not interested.
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
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I work out in a studio. Every day, regardless where I am, at least two hours. I need it. I can't cease it.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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You can't perish because of your own feelings; you have to embrace those things as an actor because it's part of your palette.
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My father used to say, 'If you want to know the artist, look at the art'. He was usually talking about Stanley Matthews or Don Bradman when he said it.
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Dmitri clearly gives good . . . blood.
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I strongly agree with Vice President Gore that we cannot drill our way to energy independence, but must fast-track investments in renewable sources of energy like solar power, wind power and advanced biofuels...
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I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already.
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King Lear is undoubtedly the greatest play ever written by Shakespeare - or anybody else for that matter. Hamlet is certainly great, but it doesn't contain as many elements of humanity as we see in Lear.
