Stewart Lee Quotes

I suppose we are what we are, and we use the evidence to confirm what we believe.

Stewart Lee

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BelieveEvidenceConfirmUseSuppose

I invented 'Top of the Pops' when I was a top-class DJ playing in dance halls and discotheques.

Jimmy Savile

DanceDJTopPlayingHallsPops

One thing I know for sure - this motherhood thing is not for sissies.

Jennifer Nettles

MotherhoodKnowSureOne ThingThing

Without consciousness, space and time are nothing.

Robert Lanza

TimeSpaceNothingWithout

I'd like to have a different look for every film. As an actor, I think I should put more emphasis on my performance than on my looks.

Sidharth Malhotra

PerformanceThinkLookLooksActor

I make lists to keep my anxiety level down. If I write down 15 things to be done, I lose that vague, nagging sense that there are an overwhelming number of things to be done, all of which are on the brink of being forgotten.

Mary Roach

AnxietyLoseDownDoneWriteLevel

I don't seek discomfort. But, very often, you realise that what you fear is actually quite ephemeral; something's different, something's unfamiliar; therefore, it must be worse.

Michael Palin

FearYouDiscomfortSeekSomething

I've always been happy just to be working. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my picture, or whatever.

Michael Shannon

HappyPeopleMeNamePictureMatter

I've been more single than not in my short life.

Michael Kiwanuka

LifeShortMoreSingleBeenThan

I'm stuck somewhere a small island in the middle of the Atlantic where I'm alone. Because in France, they're like, 'No, you're not like us, you're not a French guy.' And in America, they're like, 'You're not like us.' I'm really alone in my little thing.

Louis Leterrier

AloneSmallAmericaYouIslandGuy

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

Jules Renard

BeautifulFeetWingsTwoLineVerse

I would have to say the novel 'War and Peace' influenced me more than any other book. This greatest of novels demonstrated to me the enormous power of literature and fired me up with a desire to become a writer, to participate in what I considered then to be the greatest of all endeavors.

Douglas Preston

PowerPeaceWarMeBookLiterature

If you tell a story that's only allegory, then it doesn't help you at all. If it doesn't bring some emotional charge, then it's just talking about something.

Boots Riley

StoryHelpTalkingYouEmotional

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