Ken Stott Quotes

I read 'the Hobbit' at the age when you're supposed to read it. I didn't read 'The Lord Of The Rings.' My father, who was an English teacher, advised me that once I had read 'the Hobbit,' that would be enough. I could then move on to Dostoyevsky.

Ken Stott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: October 19, 1954

Topics

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People in the Hall of Fame tend to clap their hands and say, 'OK, I've done it all,' but for me, it was a new beginning.

Jimmy Cliff

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The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, 'Is that a $20 million take?' That kind of thing, and being self-critical.

Jim Carrey

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For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

Jesus Christ

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America itself has been through so many challenges since that fateful day back in 1776. Our culture has been a roll-up-your-sleeves-and-go-to-work culture.

John Cena

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There's a certain groove you pick that makes the music flow, and when you have it it's in your pocket. It's the feeling behind the rhythm... to me, the hardest thing to strive for is that feeling, behind the groove.

Max Weinberg

MusicMeYouFeelingFlowStrive

For me, the ideal job as an actor would be something that is intrinsically a drama but to which I could bring in as much humor as possible.

Robert Picardo

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It ended up being a very good thing, because they finally started writing for the character, and I realized that you have to go to work with a purpose. I learned from the experience and then moved on.

Matthew Ashford

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Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.

Maurice Chevalier

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I think, especially when you're in college, each book that you're reading tends to tell you who you are.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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I once tried to sing jazz for real. But jazz didn't do it for me. You can't have jazz without a jazz world, which doesn't exist anymore.

Jeff Buckley

MeWorldYouJazzRealWithout

Men like me because I don't wear a brassiere.

Jean Harlow

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It was a shock to people of the nineteenth century when they discovered, from observations science had made, that many features of the biological world could be ascribed to the elegant principle of natural selection.

Michael Behe

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