Richard Attenborough Quotes

If I were able to write, I probably would. But movies have given me a part of my life where I can express feelings and bring convictions to an audience as if I could write. So I made 'Gandhi' about human relations, prejudice and the empire. In 'Cry Freedom' I expressed my horror and disgust about apartheid.

Richard Attenborough

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 29, 1923 - August 24, 2014

Topics

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Confidence is a very fragile thing.

Joe Montana

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Life itself is so surprising, a predictable story is unsatisfying.

Jennifer Egan

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Music is something so mystical, so unexplainably a thing you cannot put in the rules or boundaries, you know? It speaks about our feelings about questions of life and death. It goes absolutely beyond any kind of rules.

Andris Nelsons

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There are over 100 entities in the federal government that have something to do with homeland security.

Andrew Card

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People imagine that there are rituals, like lighting candles or sacrificing chickens. They really just want to know what the magic formula is for writing. I inevitably disappoint them by saying you just put your butt in the chair, and you write 500 words a day, and then you get up and repeat it the next morning.

John Scalzi

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I want to learn from everybody.

John Piper

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People can really have an impact on a campaign and learn an awful lot. It can be an enjoyable experience.

Steve Chabot

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I have just fallen back in love with rugby league again.

Sonny Bill Williams

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I think we are reluctant to move people out of an organization when there is not a good fit. It is typically not because someone is stupid or lazy or incompetent; it is a lot more subtle than that.

Stewart Butterfield

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In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.

Simone Weil

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I got over being embarrassed.

Mike Shinoda

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Being a mum makes you more aware of how short life is and how important it is to enjoy every minute because you have less time for yourself. A day doesn't have 24 hours any more - it only lasts 10, or eight. So you learn to get rid of all the parasites. I'm not talking about people, but things that could be toxic for happiness.

Ludivine Sagnier

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