P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.
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My first Olympics was Munich in 1972. I am better now than I was then, in knowledge and experience. The age of top riders generally tends to be older than in other sports because it takes a lot of time to be consistent.
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I have never looked at a child and been so angry that I flipped out.
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That's double-edged: it's amazing that they're bringing me in and showing people new ideas, and at the same time it's a little hard because seventy percent of the time or even higher I'm not going to get those roles.
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It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
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Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read.
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I am the hero of Africa.
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Being blonde means people decide on sight that you are much prettier and nicer than you really are, just as Americans automatically add 10 points to someone's IQ when they hear an English accent. Fact.
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Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.
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Ecuador has never stated flatly that it would give asylum to Edward Snowden.
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To be a superstar is incredible pressure. And also in our country, I'm going to speak about this, America. We have a way of kind of making it hard on our superstars. I don't sense it when I go to Europe or I go to Japan.
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The Who quite possibly remain the greatest live band ever. Even the list-driven punk legend and music historian Johnny Ramone agreed with me on this.
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A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.
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What I like least about acting is that when you're only in one place, you're missing the other part of life.
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Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously.
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Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan.
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I don't care if I get $50m to do a film.
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But I try to steal other moments. Sometimes I get up very early in the morning and enjoy a quiet house and cup of tea before the craziness begins. Other times, I'll take a quick walk on the beach. You can find peace in a few minutes.
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If there was a little room somewhere in the British Museum that contained only about twenty exhibits and good lighting, easy chairs, and a notice imploring you to smoke, I believe I should become a museum man.
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The acquisition of any knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known.
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Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to show another world and other people. You may access it through bits of yourself, and your imagination and experience, but actually, in the end, you're not playing yourself.
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His whole aspect was that of a man who has unexpectedly been struck by lightning.
