William Boyd Quotes

Film is a medium of clear lines and broad strikes - which can be fantastic - but compared to the subtleties and nuances of a novel, it doesn't even get close.

William Boyd

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LinesFilmClearGetFantasticEven

I'm consciously aware, specifically with the comic book world, where there's a built-in fanbase. But, there's a little bit of leniency because there are a couple different universes.

Jeremy Renner

WorldBookLittleDifferentAware

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

Andrew Carnegie

ManMindAbilityAnythingOwnMay

You hear about things happening to people - they slip in the bathtub, fall down the stairs, step off the curb in London because they think that the cars come the other way - and they die. You feel you want to die making an effort at something; you don't want to die in some unnecessary way.

Christopher Walken

EffortStepPeopleThinkDieYou

You know, for most seniors Medicare is their only form of health care.

Corrine Brown

HealthCareYouKnowSeniorsOnly

I am always interested in making myself as uncomfortable as I can. Sometimes I ask myself, 'Can I stand onstage and sing this song and sell it?' Sometimes I can't. In a room, you get to pretend a little bit and step outside of yourself.

Chris Stapleton

MyselfYourselfI AmStepSongYou

Nobody has any security in loving me.

Brigitte Bardot

MeLovingSecurityNobodyAny

Everybody is their own person.

Allen Iverson

PersonOwnEverybody

I haven't really got any hidden talents.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

HiddenTalentsGotAnyReally

Debt vultures are really the scum at the bottom of the pond. These are guys who buy up the debts of the world's poorest countries on the secondary market. You can go buy debts of a country like Peru, for example, at a real discount. Why? Because people think that the debts won't be repaid.

Noreena Hertz

PeopleWorldThinkYouCountryGo

In 1984, my mom gave birth to my older sister, Teresa. Due to a complicated delivery, she needed a blood transfusion, and at that moment, my mom had HIV+ blood put into her body.

Ryan Lewis

MomentMomSisterBodyComplicated

To cry on court during a Wimbledon final, you must feel so lonely.

Marion Bartoli

LonelyFeelYouCryFinalMust

Because our father played professional soccer, being in the spotlight never felt weird to me and my brother. We always felt we could do anything.

Kylie Bunbury

FatherBrotherMeWeirdProfessional

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