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Quotes by British Authors
"Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums that captured the essence of the intention."
"Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me."
"At present, too much theological thinking is very human-centered."
"I don't think there is really a favorite, I'm very fond of film making as a whole and as a medium and of course, there are some that I've enjoyed making more than others but I've enjoyed making all of them."
"Christianity is completed Judaism or it is nothing."
"Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was - there's no doubt about it. There's never been anybody since. He's one of the greatest drummers that ever lived."
"I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone."
"If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you'd laugh and say nothing that simple, but you've been told many times before messiah's point you to the door though no one's got the guts to leave the temple."
"A great movie evolves when everybody has the same vision in their heads."
"The most important thing for a judge is - curiously enough - judgment."
"Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet."
"The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it."
"I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized no person is perfect, Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet... we will be successful."
"In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets... Hence true Friendship is the least jealous of loves. Two friends delight to be joined by a third, and three by a fourth, if only the newcomer is qualified to become a real friend. They can then say, as the blessed souls say in Dante, "Here comes one who will augment our loves." For in this love "to divide is not to take away."
"Two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction."
"The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated."
"An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence."
"The junkies had themselves a field day, they didn't care for the safety of the overseas tourists, no sir. They would stop at nothing. Some tourists were left bloodied and battered on the sacred ground of the Wallace Monument, minus their video cameras and the likes. The camera's were soon sold to a fence in the Raploch for pennies, compared to the actual price it was worth, then the junkies didn't waste much time getting to Big Mags' door with the £20 that they had got from the local fence in the nearby neighbourhood."
"She's happy to be home but being home means that it's an end to her adventure and escape."
"Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave."
"But I must think that an address to his majesty to remove one of his servants, without so much as alleging any particular crime against him, is one of the greatest encroachments that was ever made upon the prerogatives of the crown."
"Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not."
"Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim."
"You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'"
"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."
"There is the danger of over preparation, of loss of spontaneity; over rehearsal is the most terrible thing you can imagine. We do have a very close association between costume and set designer, though. And the cameraman is very important, of course."
"Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius."
"How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me."
"It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the original imperative of conduct, but the original metaphysic of living, were by no means altogether habitual."
"You might think the Bangkok Hilton (the nickname of a fictional prison in Bangkok) was tough, well that was paradise compared to this place!"
"The only way to change someone's mind is to connect with them from the heart."
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