Brian Blessed Quotes

My parents were so proud when I got a scholarship to go to theatre school - it was unheard of that a coal-miner's son should go to drama school.

Brian Blessed

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 9, 1936

Topics

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Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

John Donne

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If R. Akiva was perhaps overly generous in judging his generation, it can perhaps be ascribed to the belief, based on his own experience, that everyone is capable of a dramatic life change.

Meir Soloveichik

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Oh boy, I grew up hearing Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, sitting on Mahalia Jackson's lap in my dad's church.

Merry Clayton

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I've met so many people of my son's generation who think a sacrifice is when their satellite or Internet is out for a day and that the country owes them something. That old J.F.K. quote about 'what you can do for your country,' doesn't even seem to apply to so many people.

Steve Daines

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I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

Trudi Canavan

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Poverty is not the root cause of crime.

Rush Limbaugh

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There's something to be said for being given a tremendous amount of freedom as an actor.

Rosemarie DeWitt

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I want people to feel happy in their own skins and feel accepted by society.

Jazz Jennings

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I suppose that's the European way, dangerous and hairy.

Jason Statham

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And if I want to get involved in choosing sides, I usually pick hockey or football.

Dierks Bentley

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We must form public-private partnerships to collectively improve children's health.

Denise Morrison

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Writing 'Deathstroke' presents a number of challenges to me. As a Christian, as a minister, it's difficult for me to write a comic book that all but glorifies violence. So my take on 'Deathstroke' has been to not so much celebrate violence but to deal with the consequences of violence.

Christopher Priest

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