William Shakespeare Quotes
When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
Quotes to Explore
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The life of an actor is never one to get comfortable.
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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It was Britney's movie. I liked that movie. It didn't get too much love, but a lot of people really liked it.
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Travelling expands the mind rarely.
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I know this is rather trivial - I will not be very deep about this - but it's great when you call the hottest restaurant in town and ask for a table for five at 8:00 P.M., and they say, 'Okay,' instead of, 'You have to wait two months.'
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It's a little strange when part of your family is in the public eye, and you're being put into a box that you're not necessarily in. That's when it starts to feel a bit odd: When you're being told who you are, but it's incorrect.
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My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
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No man ever listened himself out of a job.
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It's what great artists do. They suffer and feel more within the human condition than others. They're not better for that, just more sensitive, and there's a burden to that.
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Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
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I think whenever you love something or somebody it means that you have to extend yourself, you have to grow - get a little larger. You can't stay in your little comfortable - spot.
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The way I see politics is, I don't think it's cynical to accept the fact politicians are human beings, that they're flawed, and they represent the best and the worst of us.
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My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.
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As parents, I think we're always novices, and every day presents a new challenge.
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My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back.
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The acting that one sees upon the stage does not show how human beings comport themselves in crises, but how actors think they ought to. It is thus, like poetry and religion, a device for gladdening the heart with what is palpably not true.
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When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
