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John Hurt Quotes

I'm essentially the result of other people's imagination. And that's fine. Because of other people's imagination, I've played parts I would never have thought I could do. Still, I've never had a hankering or an ambition for any particular role.

John Hurt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: british
Birth: January 22, 1940 - January 25, 2017

Topics

Imagination People Ambition Thought

Let my life as Poet begin. I want the life of the Poet. I have labored for over twelve years, one thousand pages of prose. Now, I want the easiness of poetry. The brevity of the poem.

Maxine Hong Kingston

Life Poetry My Life Now Want Begin

My studio is not arty. It doesn't smell of turpentine, and I'm not knee-high in paper.

Robert Ingpen

Smell Paper Studio Arty

The moment our daughter was lifted up and we laid eyes on her was incredible.

Matt Lanter

Daughter Eyes Moment Up Her Our

I always loved comedy but I didn't start formally until I was in college.

Ana Gasteyer

College Start Loved Comedy Always

Generally, we admire the thing we are not.

Stephen Fry

Admire Thing Generally

I jumped between two seven-story buildings in Los Angeles, launching from one rooftop to the other with ramps.

Tony Hawk

Buildings Los Angeles Two Between

The first time you make something, follow the recipe, then figure out how to tailor it to your own tastes.

Ruth Reichl

Time You First Time Follow First

My first memories of music were country music and Ronnie Milsap. Where I grew up, it was what you listened to. And anything else, you were somewhat out of place.

Luke Bryan

Music Memories You Country Place Up

A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.

Louis Kahn

Great Architecture Building End Go

My mother gave up everything for me. In Yekaterinburg, she had a job and an apartment in the centre of the city and her whole life. And in Moscow - nothing.

Julia Lipnitskaya

Life Mother Job City Me Nothing

I was an '80s child, so I grew up loving all kinds of '80s rock. I like R&B, too.

Jay DeMarcus

Child Loving Rock Up Kinds Like

Everyone finds their own version of Charles Dickens. The child-victim, the irrepressibly ambitious young man, the reporter, the demonic worker, the tireless walker. The radical, the protector of orphans, helper of the needy, man of good works, the republican. The hater and the lover of America. The giver of parties, the magician, the traveler.

Claire Tomalin

Good Man America Young Young Man