Iain Pears Quotes
The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of reasons, and that makes it worse.
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Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
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Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men's fashion. How much can you do with men's clothes?
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The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men.
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Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!
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In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!
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No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me.
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I've done loads of things people have never seen - dramas on BBC4 and plays upstairs at the Royal Court and the Bush - and because I didn't go to drama school, they gave me an education.
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It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.
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I have done theatre, and I enjoy the process of smaller films a lot more. When I do such films, there are certain things which I get to do which are untapped. The scenes give me the liberty to play and mould the character in accordance to the director's mindset.
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We haven't really gotten the credit for what we have done.
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I'd love to do a comedy; that's the one thing I haven't done yet that I really, really want to do.
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I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.
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I like real people - salt-of-the-earth men.
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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
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God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people from doing evil things.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people are evil and motivation is not necessary for evil.
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You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.
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Men are not only women's unpaid bodyguards, they actually pay to be a woman's bodyguard.
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I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
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Unquestionably, it was going to be highly dangerous. Yet I felt it was quite natural to jump at the task. After all, if you don't like action and excitement, you don't go into police work. And, what the hell, I figured, nobody lives forever!
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Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
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What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.
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The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of reasons, and that makes it worse.
