Michael Frayn Quotes
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.
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Everyone has fond memories of 'The Carol Burnett Show' and the characters we did.
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I've been a fanatic about working out all my life.
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I'm lucky to be getting a lot of good work in Tollywood. And I won't say I'm choosy, but of course, you have to select the best, and I'm trying to grab as many good films as I can. There was a time when I had to let go of some films which I regret now.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
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I just want to be the best. I haven't been in an all-out war. That doesn't mean I'm not the best.
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I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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We see it in the body, that if you just give the body enough rest and comfort, it has remarkable self-healing capacities. Well, so does the spirit.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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There's times when you're having dinner with a good friend and you're in the middle of a conversation and somebody comes up and cuts you off. Can you sign this? Can I take a picture with you? I'm adjusting to all the attention.
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I love improvising.
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My most joy that I have is dancing.
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When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.
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The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.
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We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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I've learned to never expect or require performances that exceed the player's ability. If they just equal their ability, that's what you want.
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The interpretive element of 'Lost' - the fact that you immediately need, as soon as the episode is over, to seek out a community of people to express your own thoughts about it, understand what they thought about it and form an opinion - that's the bread and butter of the show.
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To have a baby, raise him and educate him, is something very valuable. But we, as a society, don't see it that way.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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When anyone says they often think something, it means they've just thought of it now.
