Richard O'Brien Quotes
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I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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I think there's plenty of evidence that we need to stop spewing so much carbon into the air, that we're contributing to climate change and that we ought to look for alternatives.
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The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's about what you do with it.
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It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
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I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.
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Viking women were able to rule kingdoms, divorce husbands, own land; and Vikings were very progressive in terms of the rights of women.
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The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bondage, with no other motive than that which is furnished by dollars and cents, is so much worse than the most depraved murderer that he can never receive pardon at my hand.
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Now my favourite pastime is to take a bath with my son.
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Vida's definitely a beautiful and peaceful girl.
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I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.
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Life is infinitely complex, and I feel like we live in a culture that really seems to want to simplify it into sound bites and bromides, and that does not work.
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All my life, I have taken inventory at intervals. For example, when I became a movie actor and suddenly I had to deal with fame, money and playing so many roles, I lost myself. I said, 'Who am I?' And I wrote my first book to deal with that, 'The Ragman's Son.'
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What makes Reddit special is that people feel free to express themselves. Where we want to draw the line is where that feeling of being able to express oneself freely starts to infringe on someone feeling like they can express themselves.
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I wanted to go out of fashion, to study medicine. I thought, you know, who needs fashion? How important is it if you wear a red dress and an orange jacket? It's not, really.
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Modern sport can be an ugly convergence of commerce and celebrity, but it still has the capacity to move a crowd.
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The problem with naming a No. 2 is you really want to throw all your weight behind the guy who is going to be the leader.
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I don't have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it's a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn't you, but the part.
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As human beings, we all mature physically from childhood to adolescence and then into adulthood, but our emotions lag behind.
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One thing lots of Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug. This winds lots of people up, particularly because famous Christians pronounce on the life of the poor from their very lovely affluent homes filled with their very lovely families and attractive pets.
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Put me in a costume, and I'm your man. I must have one of those faces which seems to suit period drama more than modern films and TV programmes. But I'm not complaining, I love going back in time. I feel quite lucky because nobody knows who I am. I can walk about and have ordinary conversations with people.
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A lunch date is more fun than a dinner date; you're not tired. It's a secret that not a lot of other parents told me about.
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I think there's a joy to be had in taking readers where they just don't want to go. If you are writing a properly realist novel, then don't blink. Why not see something for what it is and render it truthfully? I find it a good way of going about writing - not to blink.
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I paid my dues at drama school and worked backstage in every theatre in London.
