Harold Pinter Quotes
The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a character actor.
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I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen,' but now things have changed a lot.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century.
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.
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The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable.
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I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.
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I don't campaign for the end of the aristocracy or the upper classes; I don't really want to destroy anything at all. I just want more plurality.
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When I was at school, I used to end every school day with fountain pen ink all over my hands and face and down my shirt.
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Boulevards are like people: similar in their youth, they undergo gradual change according to what ferments in them.
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'Tough' is one of the last adjectives I would use to describe myself.
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I will travel to all 75 counties in Arkansas every year, listen to your stories and concerns, and work hard every single day on the issues affecting you and your family instead of visiting exotic foreign countries on the taxpayer dime.
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A product name has to be specific. You know that Tasty Soup is tasty - that Hot Chips will burn off the roof of your mouth.
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The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.
