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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The body is simple as a turtle / and straight as a dog: / the body cannot lie.
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Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business.
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For every moment of triumph, there is an unequal and opposite feeling of despair. Take that iconic photograph of Muhammad Ali standing triumphantly over the prostrate, semiconscious wreckage of Sonny Liston. Great photo. Now think of Liston. Do the pleasure/pain calculus.
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You should have seen me in my Catholic school girl skirt with my knees knocking together.
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The power of words is immense. A well-chosen word has often sufficed to stop a flying army, to change defeat into victory and to save an empire.
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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!
