Richard Griffiths Quotes

I hated my childhood. It was loathsome. My parents were deaf and dumb. Profoundly so. They could make noises when they were emotionally aroused, but they couldn't form it into speech.

Richard Griffiths

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 31, 1947

Topics

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My favorite song? 'Amazing Grace.' Anybody singing it. But the best it'll ever be done is by the Scottish National Pipe band and their National Orchestra. It'll bring tears to your eyes.

Jimmy Dean

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If I don't see an emotional response to a dress, then I think something's wrong.

Jenny Packham

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I want to make films without a single clear message, and films that are as close as possible to what it feels like to be alive. At least to me.

Spike Jonze

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Parenting girls makes you quite gender-conscious - it's almost impossible to fight the power of pink. It's not such a terrible thing to want to be a princess when you're five, but it would be nice if there were some other options.

Robert Webb

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There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.

Moliere

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Back during the campaign, there were a lot of questions: Is Trump really a conservative? A lot of questions about it.

Mitch McConnell

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I think Americans are really patriotic people, so patriotism is something they can understand. I'm very patriotic about Brazil, my country, and that includes my language.

Jose Aldo

PatriotismPeopleThinkLanguage

I was always in bands before, but on 'American Idol,' it was about getting my voice out there. It was always my goal, though, to get a band together again.

Chris Daughtry

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A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries.

Clint Eastwood

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Mentors are like friendships.

Bozoma Saint John

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I've grown to really love musicals, you know?

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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Pakistani nation and Pak Army have written a new history of bravery and valor against terrorism.

Shehbaz Sharif

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