Anthony Browne Quotes
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.
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I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem and your identity start to become wrapped up in that celebrity, and when that starts to fade away, your self-esteem and your identity start to fade away with it.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski -
I keep on saying, being moderate is fundamental to Islam.
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I am actually talking about possibly adapting 'The Boys,' by Garth Ennis, which would not be a comedy, but an action movie with comedy elements to it.
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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Making music is fantastic.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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I don't know that Islam has ever been a subject of anything that I've written. I think Muslims have often been, but those are two very different things.
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The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity.
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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
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I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.
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Issues relating to global health and sustainability must stay high on the agenda if we are to cope with an ageing and ever-increasing population, with growing pressure on resources, and with rising global temperatures. The risks and dangers need to be assessed and then confronted.
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... I can't work well under the conditions at Bell Labs. Walter and I are looking at a few questions relating to point-contact transistors, but Shockley keeps all the interesting problems for himself.
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The only way you can have a job and sleep at work whenever you want is when you own the company.
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Although I have two good Anglepoise lights, I much prefer to work by daylight.
