Anthony Browne Quotes
Children will come out and listen to a writer whose books they like. They don't need a government agency or a medal that says 'laureate' to continue that.
Quotes to Explore
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It's not every day that you get to be affectionate around something, it just doesn't happen that often.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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I have a very 'theatre' face. I have what they call a wide mask. I probably would have been a big film star in the '20s with the silent films where they used a lot of key lighting, and make-up carved out your face.
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If you think about what folks have been doing for 20 or 30 years, they have been bottling frustration and resentment that the political elites don't understand them, that the political elites don't care about them, that the political elites judge them in various ways. All Donald Trump does is provide the opposite of those things.
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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People used to say I'm weak in comedy. But, with 'Mahesh Khaelja' and 'Dookudu,' I have proved that I am good at comedy.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.
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Bullies always have another target.
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I play a lot of instruments. I write all my own music. I spend hours and hours a day in the studio. I'm a producer. I'm a writer.
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Writing is very good for household tasks. Because you'd rather fix a dripping tap or paint an old wall - you'd rather do almost anything than sit and write. I have to reach a point of obsession in order to write, and so I find starting a book incredibly difficult.
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever 'completing a life' means.
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Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so relieved that finally we had made a movie that had made some money!
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I realize the differences between my children and use what works for each of them individually.
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It became very clear to the director that it would be foolish not to use our friendship. I had tried to talk to him about it because all the relationships in the film are so, not negative, but antagonistic. There's not a lot of love going around.
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My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative. I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems.
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Children will come out and listen to a writer whose books they like. They don't need a government agency or a medal that says 'laureate' to continue that.
