Armando Iannucci Quotes
Never underestimate the intelligence of the audience; make good programmes, and they will come.
Quotes to Explore
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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Suppose that 'Unsolved Mysteries' called you with news of a long-lost identical twin. Would that suddenly make you less of a person, less of an individual? It is hard to see how. So, why would a clone be different? Your clone would be raised in a different era by different people - like the lost identical twin, only younger than you.
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We're in very bad trouble if we don't understand the planet we're trying to save.
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Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.
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The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying world, who will not leave us to walk undisturbed in the ways of our fathers.
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Female clothing seems to be extremely difficult and almost like a puzzle for a man to take off. But I think if you get there, you win. A kilt is the complete opposite. The kilt is so easy to take off.
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Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
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Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?
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All love is unrequited. All of it.
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I'm sure that Elvis was happy for me. I think he was the kind of guy that enjoyed other people's success, especially if he had something to do with it.
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Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not.
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Most of the stories I have covered in 45 years have been gray stories.
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It is a great rush to come up with a joke that gets a good response from the audience. It's gold!
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I'm just so thrilled that all these contemporary artists want to sing with me. They're all making me feel so good.
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Never underestimate the intelligence of the audience; make good programmes, and they will come.
