Simon Callow Quotes

Many actors have protested about mobile phones going off in theatres, but the real menace now is people texting during a show. It may only disturb a few people around them, but for me, as an actor, when I spot them answering their emails, I am outraged.

Simon Callow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 13, 1949

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Brexit doesn't guarantee that migration will come down.

Jo Cox

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I like my women very green; you know, eco-friendly.

John Boyega

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Political scientists after World War II hypothesized that even though the voices of individual Americans counted for little, most people belonged to a variety of interest groups and membership organizations - clubs, associations, political parties, unions - to which politicians were responsive.

Robert Reich

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The extraordinary thing about Irving Berlin is that he's like the American Mozart! It seems as if his songs were always there. How do you put together songs like 'Always' or 'Cheek To Cheek'? Songs of his are, frankly, perfect.

Maury Yeston

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I hate the expression, 'I'm not fake.'

Michael Bisping

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Like the graduates of some notorious boot camp, my brothers and sisters and I look back with a sort of perverse glee at the rigors of our Catholicism. My oldest sister, Mary, was so convinced of the church's omnipotence that when she walked into a Protestant church with some high-school friends, she was sure its walls would crash down on her head.

Stephen J. Dubner

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If people are shooting at you, it's human nature to be afraid. I was afraid. I'll be quite blunt about that.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

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I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book.

Mohsin Hamid

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I think in 'No Burden' there was a lot of positivity on the record.

Lucy Dacus

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I think probably songwriters are gonna be the toughest critics... I think of it as a community. And we all sort of feed off of each other.

Jason Isbell

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When you start a collection, you have to push yourself to limits that may make you uncomfortable.

Joseph Altuzarra

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It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

Phillips Brooks

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