Richard Thompson Quotes
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I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.
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Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.
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I'm just so glad that I started acting when I did because I had this wealth of life experience. I don't know if I'd have been able to handle it had I gone out to L.A. at 22.
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Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.
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The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
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I'm very conscious of... I don't feel like a star.
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The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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I love to go to casinos with my wife. I play poker, and she's an old-fashioned slot queen. She even has a visor.
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Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the bluegrass and rockabilly. I love it when music from different countries combine.
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I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.
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The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me.
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Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
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Lunch is for wimps.
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In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.
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I have found, writing a blog, that being non-opaque is necessary. You pretty much have to say what you know in much more firm terms or risk that the legions who always know more than you do will tell the story better.
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The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?
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I loved playing for him. He brought me here to Brockton three years ago and I appreciate that he did. I hope things work out for him.
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As an artist, it's possible to get tired of yourself.
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Commerce is the cure for the most destructive prejudices.
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I like the idea of playing in unison with yourself.
