Tim Pigott-Smith Quotes

My first arrival in India was memorable - landing at Delhi airport at 2 A.M. to start filming 'The Jewel in the Crown' in the Eighties. The man who was supposed to pick me up wasn't there, so I spent a very uncomfortable three hours phoning around hotels to find out where I was supposed to be. It was a major culture shock, but I adored India.

Tim Pigott-Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 13, 1946 - April 7, 2017

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There is such a thing as tempting the gods. Talking too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always seemed to me a sure way to court disaster. The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep.

Meg Greenfield

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I've been on social media for quite a long time, maybe because I've been sending out nutrition information.

Maye Musk

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You take away the handicap of obesity, and this person becomes someone else. Take a jolly fat man for instance. You talk to him, and his heart is breaking. He wants to be thin.

Jean Nidetch

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I find it strange that actors are on the covers of magazines.

Toni Collette

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A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.

Ron Fournier

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I love comedies, and I like sometimes comedies have a tendency to get a bit lazy. 'The Other Guys' was not lazy.

Louis Leterrier

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Last year, at the beginning of the year, we couldn't get arrested, so I'll take this. Feast versus famine.

Josh Schwartz

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Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act.

Christopher Dawson

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I was a really big R.E.M. fan when I was like, in my freshman year of high school. I was a huge R.E.M. fan.

Corin Tucker

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On my tour, either they're coming to see me, or they're not.

Cole Swindell

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Dance never really goes away; it just reforms and reinvents, and it's become more athletic with new connection to fitness and sport. Dance used to have this exclusivity, but not any more.

Bonnie Langford

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Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

William Shakespeare

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