Louis Theroux Quotes
I've always slightly harboured a dream of making a film, a documentary feature. Somehow, I just got into a way of working a routine of making TV docs.
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Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
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I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
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I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I'm still considered a role model.
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If you've followed my career at all, you will know that I perform best in comfortable surroundings. Though other leagues may seem more enticing to other players, it's something I'm just not interested in doing personally.
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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We wanted to describe society from our Left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people read crime and through the stories we could show the reader that under the official image of welfare-state Sweden there was another layer of poverty, criminality and brutality.
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I'm a big believer in the power of visualizations. And so are neuroscientists. Numerous studies have proven how merely imagining positive circumstances sends blood flowing from negative brain regions to positive ones.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.
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I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.
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Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides.
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There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I'm proud of them, but I've no interest in listening to them.
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For my own part, I have been wont to converse with poverty; and however disagreeable a companion she may be thought to be by the affluent and luxurious, who were never acquainted with her, I can live happily with her the remainder of my life if I can thereby contribute to the redemption of my country.
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I think it's good to conquer the fears.
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When I started doing standup when I was 17, I was talking about being Indian and specifically ethnic jokes. Straightforward stuff that was fairly ignorant that I knew would get the laugh. It wasn't flipping stereotypes; it was using them.
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You might as well enjoy the day - you never know when and how painfully it could all end.
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My dad has definitely sacrificed a lot for me, and I don't know if I could do it if I was in his shoes. Leaving your life behind and chasing this dream because your kid is passionate about this sport.
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Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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If you have a dream, you've got to protect it.
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I've always slightly harboured a dream of making a film, a documentary feature. Somehow, I just got into a way of working a routine of making TV docs.
