David Thewlis Quotes

'Naked' propelled me into a whole other league. America started calling. I went over to Los Angeles and met all those people, and I started doing a few American films of various levels of quality.

David Thewlis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

QualityPeopleMeAmericanDoing

I live at home and, if I want to start work at 11 o'clock, I can.

Jilly Cooper

WorkHomeLiveStartI CanWant

I'll probably stick to comedy for the time being. I mean, a great piece of work is a great piece of work, and I'm up for good work anytime. But I do love comedy!

Jenna Elfman

WorkLoveGoodGreatTimeGood Work

You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.

John Steinbeck

AdviceYouKnowWantOnlyHow

Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled, either by a power within them, or by a power without them; either by the word of God, or by the strong arm of man; either by the Bible, or by the bayonet.

Robert Charles Winthrop

GodPowerMenManBibleStrong

I believe the most important aspect of Medicare is not the structure of the program but the guarantee to all Americans that they will have high quality health care as they get older.

Ron Wyden

HealthQualityBelieveCareWill

The movie theater is never going away. If that was a case why are there still restaurants? People still have kitchens in their home!

Michael Moore

HomePeopleWhyNeverMovie Theater

It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

MusicPeopleKnowJustWhoHow

You don't simply tell someone to get out there and win the tennis match. You say 'move your feet' or 'watch the fuzz on the ball' to really get into the Zen of it. You pull all that together, and then you just might hold up the Wimbledon Plate... It's not about winning first place but bringing every element of effort to whatever you do.

Diana Nyad

TogetherEffortWinWinningFeet

I think the idea of the social construction of beauty - this idea that beauty is simply whatever culture or society says it is - is on the run. Of course, beauty does arise in a cultural context. No one ever denies that. But there's also a natural response people have to it.

Denis Dutton

BeautyCulturePeopleConstruction

Promise a lot and give even more.

Anthony J. D'Angelo

MoreGivePromiseEvenLot

Much of my experience with language was formed in the church, which has an oral tradition. There are lots of repetitions in prayers and song refrains. There's a sense of incantation, that if you call not once and not twice but for a third time, the spirit appears.

Alice McDermott

TimeExperienceSongLanguageChurch

Health care costs are an issue both for the government and for our larger economy.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

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