D. H. Lawrence Quotes

Brave people add up to an aristocracy. The democracy of thou-shalt-not is bound to be a collection of weak men.

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• When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.

  

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• What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.

  

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• I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint.

  

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• I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.

  

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• How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.

  

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• When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.

  

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• A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.

  

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• I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.

  

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• I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.

  

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• I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'

  

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• I cannot approach someone; I lack the confidence when it comes to the guy I desire. I'm very good when it comes to matchmaking and hooking others up. But I can't help my own cause.

  

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• When you start to live your dream, it's not quite what you thought it was because there is a lot of overwhelming stuff that comes on top of it, and you have to figure it all out.

  

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• Evil report carries further than any applause.

  

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• Well, he doesn't make me laugh. I think I've got a fair sense of humour but I can't really see it in him. I've listened to his show on the radio on a Saturday morning, and that's a load of mince as well.

  

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• I am an artist no matter what I do. I live for creativity. I think everyone should. It is the antithesis of being destructive.

  

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• But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.

  

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• if anyone present wishes to make me the subject of his wit, I am very much at his service--with my sword--whenever he has leisure.

  

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• The thing that's changed the most has just been the rapid technology.

  

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• Brave people add up to an aristocracy. The democracy of thou-shalt-not is bound to be a collection of weak men.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
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