Simon Callow Quotes
When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy.
Quotes to Explore
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Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.
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Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry.
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A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.
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If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
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The great thing about Watergate is, is that the system worked. The American system worked. The press did its job. We did what we were supposed to do.
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I wasn't being followed around by paparazzi all the time. I was able to be a kid and spend that time with my family and not grow up too quickly.
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Radio 1 has always championed women; take Annie Nightingale, for example. One of my heroes.
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If you want a friend, buy a dog.
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I'm not in the clubs; I'm a homebody. I go out when I feel I have to for work or if there's a special function. You might catch me at the grocery store, but you won't see me out and about in Atlanta.
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People don't realize that doing a horror movie is hard work. You're out there all day screaming your lungs out, breathing in toxic make-up fumes, rolling around in the dirt, getting your eyebrows burned off - it's not like doing a sitcom.
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Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.
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There are billions of dollars spent every year on traditional media. The majority of people are spending more time every day on the Internet, especially on mobile. You're starting to see a shift of that spend go to mobile, especially to things like 'Instagram'.
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I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the horse I rode in on.
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Kids are incredibly expensive. But it pays off later when they are better educated, bigger, and better-looking than you. And find you incessantly boring and uncool.
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The Spy Act prohibits keystroke logging, hijacking, and phishing.
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I have very smart parents. I feel I learned a lot from both of my parents and life experience.
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I have spent my entire life helping millions of children across the world. I would never harm a child. It is unfortunate that some individuals have seen fit to come forward and make a complaint that is completely false. Years ago, I settled with certain individuals because I was concerned about my family and the media scrutiny that would have ensued if I fought the matter in court. These people wanted to exploit my concern for children by threatening to destroy what I believe in and what I do. I have been a vulnerable target for those who want money.
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Sometimes I need to look at the scoreboard to figure out whether I'm batting hundred-plus or whether I am on zero.
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I think that sexual pleasure and the weird color of the sky after a storm or the stream of tail lights across the bridge or the way silence can thin or thicken before music starts - all these things have to be harnessed by the political. The libidinal has to be harnessed by the political.
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When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy.
