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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I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street from where I lived, and old Dolly Parton records, Kitty Wells and that old stuff. I like country music. I also like Eric Church, who has a great new sound but also holds onto that old sound.
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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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Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
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Lunch is for wimps.
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If you don't really have a dream, you can't really push yourself; you don't really know what the target is.
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Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.
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Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.
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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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You have to be able to unleash your inner goofball with me.
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I like the idea of playing in unison with yourself.
