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Stephen Graham
"I was going to become a youth worker because I do voluntary work with the kids in the little village where I live. I make little films with them and stuff when I'm not working. I thought, I'll pack it in then and go and do something I love doing, and get a regular job because I've got two kids and a mortgage." --
Source : "Gizza job, CBeebies". Interview with Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2009.
Stephen Graham
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“Forever only takes its toll on some”
“I meant no harm I most truly did not, but I had to grow bigger so bigger I got. I biggered my factory, I biggered my roads, I biggered the wagons, I biggered the loads, of the Thneeds I shipped out I was shipping them forth from the South, to the East, to the West. To the North, I went right on biggering selling more thneeds. And I biggered my money which everyone needs.”
“People think I have an interesting walk. Hell, I'm just trying to hold my gut in.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I will fly in the greatness of God as the marsh-hen flies, In the freedom that fills all the space 'twixt the marsh and the skies.”
Source : Sidney Lanier (1999). “Poems of Sidney Lanier”, p.17, University of Georgia Press
“In the pit of her stomach she realized that everything she raged against on Saturday night-- the restrictions, rules, and guidelines-- was born of an ancient fervor. Every rule ever established, from the beginning of time, invited mutiny.”
“The fact is that ours is the only minority you can join involuntarily, without warning, at any time. And if you live long enough, as you're increasingly likely to do, you may well join it.”
Source : Nancy Mairs (1991). “Carnal Acts: Essays”, Perennial
“If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.”
“If you're waiting around for something to be handed to you or win the lottery, chances are nothing is ever going to go down, you know, so you got to make it happen on your own.”