Clive Anderson Quotes
I like New York. There are similarities with London that make it feel rather like home, but at the same time it's slightly fictional.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be had in going there and pulling two or three books off the shelves.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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The words contained in it were inspired by the Holy Spirit into the minds of faithful men, called Prophets and Seers in the Old Testament; and Evangelists and Apostles in the New.
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I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
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I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange.
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I am a big music nerd.
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I make my own face exfoliant at home, using finely ground rice powder mixed with milk or yogurt. I also treat my skin to a honey, rose water, glycerine and lemon face pack. The honey moisturises, and the lemon removes impurities.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.
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I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it.
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Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium.
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When there were cases of Ebola in the States, I respected that people wanted to address concerns and take some sort of action, but the focus turned completely to the U.S. At one point, we started to wonder, Where is the Ebola epidemic happening? The States - or West Africa?
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I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
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I grew up in the Bronx where you would stay up late with your girlfriends, just being silly in our bedrooms, whatever. And I was always the clown.
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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I like New York. There are similarities with London that make it feel rather like home, but at the same time it's slightly fictional.
