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Quotes by Welsh Authors

"In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation."

"In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation."

Ken Follett, Welsh Author

Change, Women, Character, Books

40

"What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance."

"What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance."

John Cale, Welsh Musician

40

"False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports."

"False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports."

Richard Burton, Welsh Actor

Friendship, Life, Animation, Ivy

40

"Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor."

"Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

Actor, Actors, Being, Fight

40

"I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene."

"I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Life, Answers, Play

40

"It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience."

"It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Actor, Actors, Fools

40

"I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say to myself, OK, look, I'm not messing around. This is something I want to attack, instead of thinking, I'll just see what happens with it."

"I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say to myself, OK, look, I'm not messing around. This is something I want to attack, instead of thinking, I'll just see what happens with it."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Past, Thinking, Want, Years

40

"I have a fear of being boring."

"I have a fear of being boring."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

40

"Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction."

"Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

Politics, Washington

40

"We are starting off with our own different characters and our own laws and everything, looking at Bruce Wayne and how he came to be the person that he was and how he comes to be this man that jumps around in the Bat suit."

"We are starting off with our own different characters and our own laws and everything, looking at Bruce Wayne and how he came to be the person that he was and how he comes to be this man that jumps around in the Bat suit."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

40

"When I first met Sean Connery he was as charming and wonderful as I first anticipated. I left Rome thinking: even if I don't do this, at least I have had a day with Sean."

"When I first met Sean Connery he was as charming and wonderful as I first anticipated. I left Rome thinking: even if I don't do this, at least I have had a day with Sean."

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh Actress

Day, First, Rome

40

"And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth."

"And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth."

Owen Glendower, Welsh Royalty

Faith, May, Present, Word

40

"I heard the Bloc Party record Japan before it came out in the UK as they are on the V2 record label. I think it has a great vibe and has great songs. I also think the Kings of Leon are right up my street."

"I heard the Bloc Party record Japan before it came out in the UK as they are on the V2 record label. I think it has a great vibe and has great songs. I also think the Kings of Leon are right up my street."

Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician

Kings, Party, Right, Songs

40

"Well it's not a matter for me to say what Llew Smith can or cannot do, he's an elected Member of Parliament."

"Well it's not a matter for me to say what Llew Smith can or cannot do, he's an elected Member of Parliament."

Ron Davies, Welsh Politician

Government, Parliament

40

"This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time."

"This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time."

Aneurin Bevan, Welsh Politician

Time, Genius, Fish

40

"Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee."

"Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee."

Aneurin Bevan, Welsh Politician

Relationship, Forget, Man

40

"A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare."

"A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare."

W. H. Davies, Welsh Poet

Life, Time, Care, Poor

39

"I'm not a betting man."

"I'm not a betting man."

Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician

39

"Well I've already made it clear that it's a matter for individuals in exercising their own judgement, their own consciences to speak freely on matters of policy."

"Well I've already made it clear that it's a matter for individuals in exercising their own judgement, their own consciences to speak freely on matters of policy."

Ron Davies, Welsh Politician

39

"The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience."

"The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience."

John Cale, Welsh Musician

39

"In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world."

"In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world."

Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Musician

39

"As long as I love Beauty I am young."

"As long as I love Beauty I am young."

W. H. Davies, Welsh Poet

39

"I'd love to do a show in Vegas with drag queens. The tackier the better."

"I'd love to do a show in Vegas with drag queens. The tackier the better."

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh Actress

39

"There are a lot of women who live with pot-bellied pigs."

"There are a lot of women who live with pot-bellied pigs."

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh Actress

39

"But time has set its maggot on their track."

"But time has set its maggot on their track."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

39

"This industry has been really good to me. It's been a great life. I'm not through yet. I'm ready when you are, Mr. DeMille."

"This industry has been really good to me. It's been a great life. I'm not through yet. I'm ready when you are, Mr. DeMille."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

39

"And being as I'm somebody who loves movies like The Machinist, I also love going along to big mass entertainment movies. I get in the mood for all kinds of movies, and so I like to try each of them."

"And being as I'm somebody who loves movies like The Machinist, I also love going along to big mass entertainment movies. I get in the mood for all kinds of movies, and so I like to try each of them."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Love, Movies, Being, Entertainment

39

"Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable."

"Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable."

Aneurin Bevan, Welsh Politician

Business, Duty, Reading

39

"In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow."

"In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow."

Gwen John, Welsh Artist

People, Meaning, Shadow, Shadows

39

"There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks."

"There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks."

David Lloyd George, Welsh Statesman

Character, Nothing

39

"An actor should never be larger than the film he's in."

"An actor should never be larger than the film he's in."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

39

"Actors who are lovers in real life are often incapable if playing the part of lovers to an audience. It is equally true that sympathy between actors who are not lovers may create a temporary emotion that is perfectly sincere."

"Actors who are lovers in real life are often incapable if playing the part of lovers to an audience. It is equally true that sympathy between actors who are not lovers may create a temporary emotion that is perfectly sincere."

Ivor Novello, Welsh Musician

Life, Sympathy, Actors, Emotion

39

"The song Dakota was first written in Paris. I was doing a promo trip. It was snowing and the hotel room was really cold and boring and for some reason I just had a go of the guitar and the song came pretty quick."

"The song Dakota was first written in Paris. I was doing a promo trip. It was snowing and the hotel room was really cold and boring and for some reason I just had a go of the guitar and the song came pretty quick."

Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician

First, Guitar, Paris, Pretty

39

"We didn't really want to be an overnight success as that brings with it its own problems."

"We didn't really want to be an overnight success as that brings with it its own problems."

Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician

Success, Problems, Want

39

"Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing."

"Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing."

Christopher Love, Welsh Educator

Peace, God, Soul, Joy

38

"Big shows are more like events and small shows are more like traditional gigs."

"Big shows are more like events and small shows are more like traditional gigs."

Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician

38

"I never use the word, it's loaded. What love means to me is need."

"I never use the word, it's loaded. What love means to me is need."

John Cale, Welsh Musician

38

"But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape."

"But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape."

Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer

Creativity, Ideas, African, Information

38

"With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation."

"With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation."

David Lloyd George, Welsh Statesman

Change, Trouble, Vacation

38

"I've always worn jewellery but for a time it went out of fashion. Like grungy and punk bands didn't wear jewellery because it was stupid."

"I've always worn jewellery but for a time it went out of fashion. Like grungy and punk bands didn't wear jewellery because it was stupid."

Tom Jones, Welsh Musician

Time, Fashion, Punk

38

"I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist."

"I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist."

John Cale, Welsh Musician

38

"Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune."

"Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune."

Owen Glendower, Welsh Royalty

Life, Fortune, May

38

"At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that."

"At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that."

Jon Ronson, Welsh Journalist

38

"In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places."

"In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places."

John Cale, Welsh Musician

38

"When you are on tour in the UK it takes a few hours to get anywhere. A lot of the time you can have a beer, close your eyes for two minutes, and then you are there. In the U.S. it is much more like a road trip as all the cities are so spread apart."

"When you are on tour in the UK it takes a few hours to get anywhere. A lot of the time you can have a beer, close your eyes for two minutes, and then you are there. In the U.S. it is much more like a road trip as all the cities are so spread apart."

Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician

Time, Beer, Cities, Eyes

38

"Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity."

"Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

Fool, May, Now, Vanity

38

"Love-making is an art which must be studied."

"Love-making is an art which must be studied."

Ivor Novello, Welsh Musician

38

"Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there."

"Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there."

Alan Cox, Welsh Inventor

38

"If the Lord should bring a wicked man to heaven, heaven would be hell to him; for he who loves not grace upon earth will never love it in heaven."

"If the Lord should bring a wicked man to heaven, heaven would be hell to him; for he who loves not grace upon earth will never love it in heaven."

Christopher Love, Welsh Educator

Love, Earth, Grace, Heaven

38

"The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America."

"The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America."

Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer

Government, America, Americans, Europe

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