Ronnie Barker Quotes

But first, the news: The House of Commons was sealed off today after police chased an escaped lunatic through the front door during Prime Minister's question time. A spokesman at Scotland Yard said it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Ronnie Barker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: comedian
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 25, 1929 - October 3, 2005

Topics

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I have very strong feelings about what modern fame means, and the toxicity of it.

Andrew Garfield

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The secret is not to act, but to be.

Steven Seagal

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I'm so hard on myself. I play these sketches in my computer for friends and they say 'Gee whiz, the vocal's beautiful.' I hear, 'It needs to be better.'

Steve Perry

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I can see how the young girls really get hurt when their moms are critical, or vice versa when they're overly critical of their moms. It can be so painful.

Tori Amos

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Obama still has work to do with the vision thing. Convincing voters that he has a credible, practical plan to turn the nation around is a process, not a speech.

Ron Fournier

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Only a person who has passed through the gate of humility can ascend to the heights of the spirit.

Rudolf Steiner

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My family is vital to me - just the sense of being surrounded by no pretension.

Mira Nair

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The center of all my enjoyments is the home wherein are my wife and children, and I have no wish to wander out from that home in pursuit of any pleasures that the world presents.

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

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Sometimes you get ensnared by an idea, and it's what I call 'the sticky burr': You go hiking, and a burr sticks to you, and that's the film you're going to make.

Debra Granik

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Every country in the world is battling the rising cost of health care. No community anywhere has demonstrably lowered its health-care costs (not just slowed their rate of increase) by improving medical services. They've lowered costs only by cutting or rationing them.

Atul Gawande

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Fish butchering means a lot to me as a chef; I take pride in it and get a lot of joy from filleting fish, working with fish, breaking down fish, trying to understand fish.

Wylie Dufresne

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You can obviously roam in public, but you can't do that with complete abandon. At the back of your mind, you are always worried if someone's watching you. But then, it's something that comes with the job profile. People approach you because they like you, and I don't see it as a hassle. It's a blessing.

Nivin Pauly

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