Chris Riddell Quotes
The 'Chronicles of Narnia' have been favourites of mine since my childhood when I misread 'Aslan' as 'Alsatian' and was struck by the genius of naming a lion after a dog!
Quotes to Explore
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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Going to rehearsals of school plays got me out of science. It became clear what inspired me and what dampened my spirit. The only other thing I could do at school was trampolining - it didn't seem to have much future in it.
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The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
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I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.
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'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.
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The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working.
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If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
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I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister.
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Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
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I have my outlet for my humor through my characters, and I also have the intimacy of rapport with my fans that allows me to explain my philosophy and spirituality.
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Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.
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A tree grows. If you're staying the same, something is wrong. You're not alive.
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The increased presence of Muslims in Italy and in Europe is directly proportional to our loss of freedom.
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I've had a job since I was 11. I had a paper route, I worked at a video store, I was a toy doll at FAO Schwartz when I was in high school. And I think that it's made me really disciplined when it came to pursuing acting, because I had no clue how to go about it.
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I'm coming to this world not to work. I want to come to this world to enjoy my life. I don't want to die in my office. I want to die on the beaches.
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I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.
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I don't know if I realized that I was funny, but I realized how healing and important humor was in my childhood.
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My dad was a terrible father. Dreadful. But he had a very difficult childhood. He was fostered - he never knew who his father was. So he had a very different attitude to family and kids. I don't have any issues. I'm not suffering some secret angst.
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The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house All that cold, cold, wet day.
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To adjust your philosophy and creativity in fashion to the time you're living in is the most important thing.
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All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.
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The 'Chronicles of Narnia' have been favourites of mine since my childhood when I misread 'Aslan' as 'Alsatian' and was struck by the genius of naming a lion after a dog!
