Kevin Whately Quotes
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province.
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I felt bad to have to get divorced. I wasn't proud of that.
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England is obsessed with where you came from, and they are determined to keep you in that place, be it in a drawing room or in the gutter.
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Bermuda is not even tropical. The charm of the tropics - the heat, the chaos - is not there.
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Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy.
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I'm very particular about what I want.
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
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I never thought of stopping, and I just hated sleeping. I can't imagine having a better life.
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I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.
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What I try to do is to appreciate every job I have while I'm working on it.
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Initially, I wanted to do films with A-list actors when I was struggling. I was hoping that I could also get that platform where I'm launched with Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan or Aamir Khan... and with them my career could also start, but it didn't happen. And then came 'Queen.'
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The most important guideline when it comes to argument is the golden rule. If someone were addressing your point, what tone, what overall approach would you find persuasive and want her to use? Whatever that is, do it yourself.
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The writers who inspire me most are all women: Enid Blyton, Agatha Christie, Margaret Mitchell and Emily and Charlotte Bronte. As for contemporary novels, one of my favourites is 'Everyone Brave is Forgiven' by Chris Cleave. It's the sort of book to read if you've fallen out of love with reading - it reminds you just how brilliant novels can be.
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I want it to be said when I leave this world that 'he was not just a money-making machine.'
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I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don't want the fluff.
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I don't want to spend my life in my 40s feeling bad about being in my 40s, and then all of a sudden I'm 50, and I will have missed a whole decade!
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I'm a straight guy and I date women, but I get on really well with gay guys. I'm very comfortable with my sexuality. The weirdest thing for me is when straight guys get really freaked out by gay guys. It's almost like they're insecure in their own sexuality. For me, I can be in a room full of gay men and have fun.
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With drugs, there are some dangers. There are dimensions in which you are completely incapable, and if through some molecular disturbance you fell into one of these it is possible that you could not find your way back.
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The greatest artists like Dylan, Picasso and Newton risked failure. And if we want to be great, we've got to risk it, too.
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I went to school at night in L.A. to brush up on my engineering while I applied to the astronaut program. I really did not know if I would get in. It was the year after the Challenger accident in 1987.
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Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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Let's just say I've never relied on my looks to make a living.
