Michael Frayn Quotes
You can create a good impression on yourself by being right . . . but for creating a good impression on others there's nothing to beat being totally and catastrophically wrong.
Quotes to Explore
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
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Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it.
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I've got nothing very original to say myself.
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A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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We have nothing to fear but fear itself... and, of course, the boogieman.
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Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.
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I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer.
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I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
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I think the CG is an instrument to create reality. I don't think it's an instrument to create a heightened reality.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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We're not going to create a more equal society by not prodding at it, are we?
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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
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You're terrified that nothing will ever give you the fulfillment that dancing has given you.
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I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.
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Lyrics can't do what they do - or should do - when you're creating a musical with rock lyrics. There's plenty of room for rock musicals, just not all rock musicals.
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I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
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Something is worth what somebody will pay for it. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less.
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Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.
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Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.
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For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.
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The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.
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Stephen Moyer is probably the most gracious, gifted actor that I've met. He's really intelligent. He has a real sensitivity to his character, to scenes, to scripts.
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You can create a good impression on yourself by being right . . . but for creating a good impression on others there's nothing to beat being totally and catastrophically wrong.
