Timothy West Quotes

I'm reluctant to use the word class so much.

Timothy West

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 20, 1934

Topics

ClassWordMuchReluctantUse

Songs lay a foundation of who I am going to be forever.

Jessie J

I AmFoundationForeverGoingSongs

If the quality and quantity of continuous effort toward goals matters as much as I think it does, we may actually get more productive, not less, as we get older - even if we can't pull all-nighters like we used to.

Angela Duckworth

GoalsQualityEffortThinkMatters

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

Stephen Hawking

LifeSuccessSucceedYouDifficult

One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

Martin Short

GreatInfluencesBarneyFife

I grew up in North Dakota around Dakota and Ojibwe people, and also small-town people in Wahpeton. Writers make few choices, really, about their material. We have to write about what comes naturally and what interests us - so I do.

Louise Erdrich

PeopleChoicesWriteUpUsAround

I am not pushy. You want it, you buy it. Most people hit the customer over the head. But if you're too self-important, it's kind of repellent.

Judith Leiber

I AmPeopleCustomerYouWantKind

I defy anyone to finish Halldor Laxness's 'Independent People' without wetting the pages with tears.

Jonathan Franzen

PeopleTearsIndependentFinishDefy

My parents never referenced Ethiopia that much, largely because of the circumstances under which we left. We left during a time of political upheaval, and there was a lot of loss that came with that, so my parents were reluctant to talk about those things. So I had, by and large, an American childhood.

Dinaw Mengestu

TimeChildhoodParentsPolitical

Clinton knew how to get things done. He was battling the Republicans, and then he basically took a lot of their agenda and made it his own. That's what Obama's not doing.

Dennis Quaid

DoingDoneOwnThingsGetMade

I feel a strong bond with Chile and Argentina.

Douglas Tompkins

BondStrongFeelArgentinaI Feel

People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.

Constance Wu

PeopleGrowing UpGrowingShameUp

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

Clarence Darrow

TruthFreeYouWillNeverUp

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