Samuel Beckett Quotes
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At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.
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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.
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I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it.
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I'm not a party guy. I don't carouse very much.
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Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
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Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
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The idea of being at home and picking up kids from school and cooking dinner and then the husband comes home - there's something that seems really nice to me 'cause I never had that growing up. And it seems so enticing. But in my mind, I'm like, 'Well, I'll just play that in a movie and go about my own life, bizarre as it is.'
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You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!
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The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.
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Satire is, by definition, offensive. It is meant to make us feel uncomfortable. It is meant to make us scratch our heads, think, do a double-take, and then think again.
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Brick-and-mortar at the end of the day matters because viral is great, but it comes and goes as fast.
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How does one measure the success of a museum?
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Sometimes I get very dressed up just to go to the corner for some bread; I dress for my own amusement.
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Most actors are not rich - they are very poor indeed. What keeps them going is that they just love the job.
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There is now less flogging in our great schools than formerly, but then less is learned there; so that what the boys get at one end they lose at the other.
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I'm always learning from experiences because each one is different and there are different players involved in the project at the time with their own way of doing things.
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The majority of people are perfectly capable of interacting with retail staff without spitting on them or whipping their hides like dawdling cattle, but Planet Earth still harbours more than its fair share of disappointments.
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You're on earth. There's no cure for that.
