Harold Pinter Quotes
I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.
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My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'
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But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words.
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Interviews make me so nervous - I can't get a sentence out of my mouth.
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Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our best and that we're influencing others for the good.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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Declaring the San Gabriel Mountains a national monument will make this natural wonder more accessible. It will welcome people from all walks of life and maintain the mountains' wild character at the same time.
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A weightlifter should be able to do everything and borrow things from other sports to beat competitors.
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There are a bunch of places to stay in Des Moines, but I'd suggest finding a place on the west side of town. It's a great urban area that has a lot to offer tourists.
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I was reading my son some fables; it made for good nighttime reading. These stories were very vivid and very strange and occasionally bizarrely violent. It was a very free landscape.
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Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
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If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.
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Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.
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A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters.
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For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.
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I just think something about being in front of a live audience when you've finished a big dance that you've been working on for so long - I don't think anything can really beat that.
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The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.
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In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.
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I love to play with Tony and Bill anytime, anywhere.
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A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just as instruments of torture are now, and the people will be astonished that such a thing could have been.
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I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.
