David Thewlis Quotes

I was interested in the idea of celebrity... some very untalented people getting very successful and making a lot of money for not a lot of work, sometimes.

David Thewlis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 20, 1963

Topics

WorkMoneyPeopleSometimesIdea

I also played in the 1967 Super Bowl against the Green Bay Packers.

Jim Otto

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My time in New York really clarified things for me. I thought, 'What could I do with my life that would give it meaning?' And writing was that for me.

Jesmyn Ward

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Every movie goes through that U-shape where you start with 'Oh that's a great idea. I love it.' Everything's possible and then you face 'Oh, we can't do that, and that's impossible, and that's a bad choice.' You go the practicality of it. And then you come up to 'Great.' But that middle part is when you don't have results yet.

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

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If you want to write the next great novel, but you think, No, this won't work because no one will buy it or it won't be any good, then you talk yourself out of taking a risk.

John Tesh

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We had been getting some bad results, now it is up to us to make up the ground and catch Manchester United.

Robbie Fowler

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Seafarers are used to being exploited. At sea, the captain moans at chandlers who supply ships with green bananas that will never ripen; at fruit that goes moldy obscenely fast; at sub-standard meat.

Rose George

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Epidemics historically have tended to kill the very young and the very old, but AIDS is different: Those ages 20 to 40 are most affected, which means that so far over 12 million African children have been orphaned because of AIDS.

Marvin Olasky

ChildrenYoungOldOverDifferent

What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream.

Mike Melville

YouDreamWantOnlyLimited

I don't really get embarrassed a lot because I feel like life goes on. I mean, I fell on stage one time; like, I tripped one time. My voice cracked... That's pretty embarrassing.

Jay Park

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In Pakistan, the right to go to school is not a given. In the more rural areas, a girl is born, married off as early as 9 years old, and basically lives life under the control of men.

Janine di Giovanni

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There was a time when liberalism was identified with anti-Communism. But the Vietnam War led liberals into the arms of the Left, which had been morally confused about Communism since its inception and had become essentially pacifist following the carnage of World War I.

Dennis Prager

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I fear God and respect God and love God.

Brett Ratner

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