Syd Barrett Quotes
It's rather difficult to think of anybody being really interested in me. But you know, man, I am totally together.
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I don't understand what A grade commercial cinema is. If you are talking about box office success, mine are A+ then!
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
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To be sure, ASPM isn't the gene responsible for building big brains - there's no such single gene. But it's critical to the process, and the primate line has almost certainly benefited from distinct changes in ASPM.
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It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
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I have the idea that anyone who has ever heard my name has the distinct impression that I was put under the sod years ago just before they buried Lillian Russell.
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I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in that. That's a great person; they're going to be a great doctor.
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'Marco Polo' had some negative reactions in the press. Viewers have loved it, and the volume of viewing has been phenomenal.
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I go home, and I'm a blob. I just lay there and don't do anything - lay by the pool with the other husbands while the wives work. It's fantastic. It's really good. That's kind of our life at home.
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I know, as an actor, you have to negotiate, but I can't handle the whole idea that art and commerce are synonymous. It drives me nuts.
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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There's usually one piece in 'Vanity Fair' every month that grabs me, but when it presents hatchet jobs without substantiation to impress its liberal friends, I laugh first, then toss.
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In South Africa, I feel I am a stranger, at best an animal.
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I was born with an evil face.
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I can't design anything unless I'm excited by it, meaning I have an urge to wear it.
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Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.
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I watched videos of great players. I was inspired by what they did, then I used to try things out in training.
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Yes, I was the child who would sneak into her closet and read 'Nancy Drew' for hours after the designated 'lights out' time of night.
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Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dogs.
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.
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Aegistheus, the kings have another secret.... Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the Gods can do nothing against that man. It is a matter for men to handle amongst themselves, and it is up to other men - and to them alone - to let him flee or to destroy him.
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There's no reason why Americans should die when Afghans are perfectly capable of defending their own country.
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It's rather difficult to think of anybody being really interested in me. But you know, man, I am totally together.
