Elton Welsby (Roger Elton Welsby) Quotes
It will sometimes be necessary to use falsehood for the benefit of those who need such a mode of treatment.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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What is history but a fable agreed upon?
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That product had a ten year life cycle, which has never been done in this industry.
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I'm very proud of my records, but my most natural creative tendencies have been in live performing. There's a beautiful element to recording and making records, but I've always felt a little shy with it.
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There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.
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I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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We asked our friends and relations to lend us their children, and, because we lived in London, children loved to come and stay for their half-term holidays.
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I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.
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The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
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I have no big career plan. It is better for me that way.
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I feel like after acting, the other half of why I love this business is the opportunity to work with and meet people who inspire you. That it pays my rent is a good bonus.
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It's amazing to me that Glenn Beck can be on the cover of 'Time,' and there can be a whole article about him basically saying, 'Well, you know, he's controversial.' It's like, 'No, he's a dangerous idiot who needs the help of a good psychiatrist!'
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Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip?
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I'm embracing many different things, but it's all feel-good.
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Families, like individuals, are unique.
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It's very hard to be a screenwriter. I remember getting a couple of awards. I got a PEN West award a million years ago when I did Running on Empty, and I sat in the room with all these writers. They wrote everything from novels to non-fiction to children's books to journalism - any kind of writing - and I realized that there was no one in the room who would ever read anything I'd written.
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I'm terrified to ride a bike in a city - and I grew up riding bikes in the city. I've just heard enough stories - I have enough friends who've been hit by taxicabs and things.
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I think generational trauma also plays a big part in the reactions to Israeli politics.
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Who could be luckier than to be paid fairly well, which to be honest MPs are, for pursuing their hobby.? That's what politics is.
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It will sometimes be necessary to use falsehood for the benefit of those who need such a mode of treatment.
