"Years ago I had a house in Sussex, it was like Arcadia, with an old Victorian bridge, a pond and the Downs."

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Nicolas Roeg

#Years Quotes #Bridges Quotes #House Quotes

“I am for religion, against religions.”
“We must purposefully create a life of gratitude if we want to be fully alive.”
“I'm terrified to get married. I'm not getting married till my gay friends can.”
“The normal is that which nobody quite is. If you listen to seemingly dull people very closely, you'll see that they're all mad in different and interesting ways, and are merely struggling to hide it.”
“What do you say to taking chances?”
“I think it's not just about how you perform on the field, but how you hold yourself off it.”
“[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours more than two to one, I sent my task force commanders this dispatch: ATTACK REPEAT ATTACK. They did attack, heroically, and when the battle was done, the enemy turned away. All problems, personal, national, or combat, become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it ***** you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble. Carry the battle to the enemy! Lay your ship alongside his!”
“Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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