Hugh Laurie Quotes

I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is.

Hugh Laurie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 11, 1959

Topics

HistoryStartEnlightenmentRemember

I happen to go for the simplest, most ordinary things. The extraordinary doesn't interest me. I'm not interested in psychotics. I'm interested in the person you don't expect to have a story. I like Everyman.

John Hughes

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Everybody has an iPhone; everyone can be a reporter now. Everybody can tell a story from every part of the world. Why places like CNN matter is that it is still important to bring them together, put context around it, and explain it.

Jeff Zucker

TogetherWorldStoryImportantWhy

Getting older has been a bonus for me. I feel lucky that parts are being written for someone my age and I am around to play them.

Siobhan Finneran

AgeGetting OlderI AmMeSomeone

When I was about eight, my mom started disappearing for days at a time, probably with one of the guys she was dating. There would be no food.

Stormy Daniels

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The idea of what a feminist is has changed so much that there needs to be a new word for it.

Trinny Woodall

NewIdeaChangedWordNeedsMuch

Would I marry again? No. But never say never. Why marry? It's a beautiful fortress, but I don't need it.

Robin Wright

BeautifulSayWhyNeverNeedAgain

I have likened writing a novel to going on a journey, with some notion of the destination I will arrive at, but not the whole picture - which emerges gradually as a series of revelations, as the journey goes along.

Rose Tremain

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When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.'

Mary Lou Williams

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People in politics always say they're spending time with their family, but in my case, it's a big family. We got 23 grandkids, so I get to spend a lotta time with them, and it's extraordinarily enjoyable.

Mitt Romney

FamilyTimePoliticsPeopleSayBig

You can make movies and not particularly get along with the people you're working with but, when they say 'Action,' your job is to make it look like you're in love.

Luke Bracey

LoveJobPeopleActionYouLook

We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.

Livy

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I respect his talents, even as he does mine.

Jayne Meadows

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