Bernard Beckett Quotes

I can't see any great evidence that humans have any ability to access anything other than the material world. Beyond that, who knows, but there's no good evidence that would take me to any particular belief.

Bernard Beckett

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GoodGreatMeWorldBeliefBeyond

I had always fancied a go at the comedy and when it started to go reasonably well and the opportunity arose for me to move into it full time, I just couldn't turn it down. I just took the risk, and I just wanted to see if it would work and thankfully it did.

Jo Brand

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I'm somebody's who's in favor of transparency and openness.

John Barrasso

TransparencyFavorSomebodyOpenness

I've always thought that the balance between the side of my mind that knows what it is doing and the side that really hasn't got a clue has to be carefully maintained because if you write too knowingly then you get chilly, and if you write too unknowingly you write bollocks that nobody else can understand.

Andrew Motion

BalanceMindThoughtDoingYouSide

I'd like to work with David Lynch again.

Melissa George

WorkLikeAgainDavidDavid Lynch

My father's a clergyman, and he was in the mission field for a certain amount of time in British Honduras, which is now Belize.

John Hurt

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Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

KnowledgeChildrenManEvilModesty

Bill Gates is a relative newcomer to the fight against global warming, but he's already shifting the debate over climate change.

Jeff Goodell

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In life you need to take a risk.

Stefano Gabbana

LifeYouRiskNeedTake

I'm never happy with the work I put in. No. I need to be told by my director and people around me that it is fine. Otherwise, I'll even go, like, 'One more take.'

Shraddha Kapoor

WorkHappyPeopleMeGoNever

I love Led Zeppelin!

Lucy Dacus

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Curiosity did kill the cat, but I'm very curious.

Brittany Murphy

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I don't know how to deal with being 80.

William Shatner

KnowBeingDealHow

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