Gary Jarman Quotes
No one wants to be some guy who puts records out about how good it is. That seems quite arrogant.
Quotes to Explore
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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I was writing a lot even as a kid.
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There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
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The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.
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It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.
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We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us.
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I'm amazed at the amount of time people spend on the Internet.
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People who understand context would be steamed to have someone else dictating how they can call it.
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The danger of asteroid or comet impact is one of the best reasons for getting into space … I'm very fond of quoting my friend Larry Niven: 'The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!'
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I got quite cross when I heard about Emma Thompson adapting 'Sense and Sensibility.' It was absolutely childish of me, but I thought, 'I should be doing that. They didn't even ask me.' Some mistake, surely.
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Astrology's a moving system that depends on where you're looking at it from on Earth. My horoscope here in London would be completely different to down in New Zealand.
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Kubrick never explained the ending to us, or what his intentions were. He didn't intend for it to be a predictable film.
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The stuff that matters in life is no longer stuff. It's other people. It's relationships. It's experience.
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When I began doing stand-up, it took me a long time to get an hour's worth of material together.
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The secret of my success? I speak in a loud clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture.
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Marx profoundly affected those who did not accept his system. His influence extended to those who least supposed they were subject to it.
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It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.
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If you can attribute your success entirely to your own mental effort, to your own attitude, to some spiritual essence that you have that is better than other people's, then that must feel pretty good.
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My mom is Asian and loves all of the throwaway parts of the animal, so she actually thanks me for saving her the neck and other parts.
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The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.
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No one wants to be some guy who puts records out about how good it is. That seems quite arrogant.
