John Gilpin Quotes
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Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.
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Sometimes we do things that are really awful.
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I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.
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You can't write a screenplay if you've been doing a zero-hours contract. Which means that the people who write drama, the people who commission dramas, and the people who direct dramas all come from a small circle of society.
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Everybody knows the story of The Smiths. You can still go and see Morrissey.
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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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When you have this many losses, you don't have a following.
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Gay activists claim that because I don't subscribe to their political agenda, I am a homophobe, meaning I have a mental disorder - because that is what phobias are.
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If I was doing 'The Hunt' constantly, I would get very old, very fast.
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A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy.
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Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important.
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I was fascinated by fairies when I was growing up, and I wanted to see one dreadfully.
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We're trying to make money, trying to add a zero onto our net worth.
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I don't know if I have any feelings about psychics. I never really met any.
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My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
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Writing for me can be homework. I do get a lot from it in the end. But I hate doing it.
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With Bound, we wanted to pull at conventions, because you begin to wonder, Why do these stereotypes exist? Where do they come from? You use that as the subtext.
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If you're not willing to accept the pain real values incur, don't bother going to the trouble of formulating a values statement. You'll be better off without one.
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The faculty of continual transformation... is a profound expression of the dynamic character of the mind.
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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
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You don't want to be told, "Hey, do whatever you want." That's what we think of when we think of play. It's the thing where you get to do whatever you come up with in your own mind, all bets are off, there's no boundaries.
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It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.
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Usually bad guys are much more fun to play and much more interesting to watch.
