Hugh Laurie Quotes

I think good-looking people seldom make good television. And American television studios almost concede before they start: 'Well, it won't be good, but at least it'll be good-looking. We'll have nice-looking girls in tight shirts with F.B.I. badges and fit-looking guys with lots of hair gel vaulting over things.'

Hugh Laurie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I'll never forget watching my dad perform in a Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Richard III' in New York.

John David Washington

New YorkNever ForgetNewForget

Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.

Ann Beattie

WomenMenMoreAgainstWomen Are

Well, of course I would choose to be the top scientist in my field.

Jeff Goldblum

ChooseTopWellWouldCourseField

My dad, Frank Addison Albini, was a terrific shot with a rifle and had generally excellent hunting skills. While my dad loved hunting and fishing, he didn't romanticize them. He was filling the freezer, not intellectualizing some caveman impulse or proving his worth as a real man.

Steve Albini

FishingManLovedReal ManWorth

I do tend to be on the more optimistic end of things.

Travis Beacham

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As a youth player, I played for England and got used to it, and I have just to carry it on to the bigger stage.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

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My whole family, my father's side, there was a great deal of depression, and my mother's side as well.

Dorothy Hamill

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'Driving while black' was taught to me at a young age.

Colson Whitehead

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I work out in the gym three times a week on top of my dancing, so I have to eat a lot to keep my weight and energy up: a big breakfast, and little and often throughout the day.

Anton du Beke

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I am highly critical of myself. I am never satisfied with my work.

Anushka Shetty

WorkMyselfI AmNeverSatisfiedAm

The time has come for the American government to recognize the damage that has occurred to our economy, and to take firm action to curtail what I believe is both unfair and illegal foreign competition.

Norm Dicks

TimeGovernmentCompetitionBelieve

Most of us are 'ultraconformists' when it comes to who we are most likely to follow... to socialise with, or even who we are most likely to hire.

Noreena Hertz

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