Anthony Malcolm Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) Quotes
There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy.
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It's for scientists to lay out the data and lay out what they think, and then it's for the public to make up its own mind. We don't live in a priesthood where some small group imposes its views on other people - that's not the way that science works, and it's not the way a democratic society should work.
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Body experience... is the centre of creation.
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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I started off dancing and playing sports, and I joined the drama stuff, the theatre stuff in middle school because my friends were involved, and it was kind of the cool thing to do.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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When there was a fight in school, because I was the tall one, the teachers would say, 'I know you were there. I could see you.'
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest.
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Midwives not only save lives. They are also actors of social change.
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In compassionate men, severity is a virtue.
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I feel like I’ve been saving up a lot of things, and I don’t know what.
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There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy.
