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Quotes by English Authors
"I believe that in the end the truth will conquer."
"Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is being destroyed."
"Square cuts which ordinarily would have flashed to the boundary earned only two, and I believe that those two innings would have been worth 150 apiece in a county match."
"We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival."
"Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don't take anything too seriously, it'll all work out in the end."
"The nearest figure to myself would be Shakespeare."
"Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life."
"You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal."
"People get very thoughtful when they are in cars. I no longer care for cars. I don't collect them."
"I mean I can do it when I'm very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing."
"I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning, or destroyed it altogether."
"There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious."
"The kind of acting I used to enjoy no longer exists because your prime consideration is the budget, running time, the cost - and whether they'll understand it in Milwaukee."
"I mean, Sting is one of my great buddies and I love him to death."
"My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my former clothing, over what I now wear, which is a thoroughly convincing proof of the remarkable change."
"To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections."
"I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again."
"The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough times in the studio in the past, but after four weeks most of the material would have been recorded. This time it seemed like it just goes on and on."
"All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour."
"America has entered one of its periods of historic madness, but this is the worst I can remember."
"A war in the Taiwan Strait would destroy China's international relations overnight. It would destroy Chinese - Japanese relations, not to mention Chinese - American relations."
"It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns."
"I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude."
"A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot."
"The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong."
"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."
"Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people."
"Sometimes what you think is an end is only a beginning. And that wouldn't do at all."
"When I use music on stage, the prime directive is to entertain the public, so it is different."
"Great actors try to dismiss all ideas from their conscious mind in order to provide an experience that is real."
"This means keeping many trails open at once, inevitably requiring a fairly 'parallel' plot. This plot should be discovered rather than announced, so show, don't tell."
"It's been suggested that if the super-naturalists really had the powers they claim, they'd win the lottery every week. I prefer to point out that they could also win a Nobel Prize for discovering fundamental physical forces hitherto unknown to science. Either way, why are they wasting their talents doing party turns on television?By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."
"Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form."
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