Simon Callow Quotes
My mother wanted me to go to church to meet women. That's wrong, ain't it? 'Praise the Lord! Hey, how ya doing? Nice dress. Look, I'm going to go over there and get some of this wine and crackers, want some?'
Quotes to Explore
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Love is more than one thing.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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When I approach guys in certain situations and talk to them about Christ, they know that I'm speaking to them in a way that's real.
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I think it's really important that people become aware of the amount, the mass of animals that are sitting in shelters as opposed to people going out and just buying puppies that are being bred.
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Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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I consider myself West African, among other cultural identities, and a writer, among other creative ones.
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Several hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs live in slums known as refugee camps in Gaza, Judea, and Somalia. Attempts by Israel to rehabilitate and oust them have been defeated by Arab objections. Nor has their fate been any better in Arab states.
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America has absorbed people from around the world, and there is an Indian in every part of the world. This characterizes both the societies. Indians and Americans have co-existed in their natural temperament.
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I have never been someone who applied 'work begets work' to my career, sometimes unfortunately.
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The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.
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Now, I mentioned yesterday at the town hall - like America’s first President, George Washington, he understood that democracy can only endure when it’s bigger than just one person. So his willingness to leave power was as profound as his ability to claim power.
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He had a bitter pain in his heart, for he knew that she was still a stranger to him and his hungry love was destined ever to remain unsatisfied.
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Nothing reopens the springs of love so fully as absence, and no absence so thoroughly as that which must needs be endless.
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Socrates’ way of life is the consequence of his recognition that we can know what it is that we do not know about the most important things and that we are by nature obliged to seek that knowledge.
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Most corn is combine harvested, which means it's picked and shelled in the field - but that's rough on the corn because the husk is more likely to be scratched or cracked.
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My parents knew if they kept me active, I'd stay out of trouble.
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My kids grew up here. My son and daughter both went to Notre Dame.
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When you go to church, if the pastor at some point doesn't make you laugh, he probably ain't gonna make you join.
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I don't believe that jazz will ever really die. It's a nice way to express yourself.
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There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.
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When a person goes into a relationship emotionally needy, they are not going to have discernment in choosing people.
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My mother wanted me to go to church to meet women. That's wrong, ain't it? 'Praise the Lord! Hey, how ya doing? Nice dress. Look, I'm going to go over there and get some of this wine and crackers, want some?'
