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“I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.”
Source : "A life in the arts: Simon Callow" by Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. December 24, 2011.
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“Many critics are like woodpeckers, who, instead of enjoying the fruit and shadow of a tree, hop incessantly around the trunk, pecking holes in the bark to discover some little worm or other.”
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“Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?... He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!”
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“I think everyone on the planet is a fan of a painting because everyone is a fan of visual stimulation, but I've had freedom in the world [of painting] because I've kept it to myself.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“I cannot help thinking that the death of the young is not in the plan of our being, and that we are ourselves greatly responsible for it. Indeed I believe we are at the beginning only of the art of living.”
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“Yes, Im a New Yorker, born and bred. While Im not quite the L.A. snob that Woody Allen is, I do find myself happier in New York.”
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“Any legitimate religion consists of rules of morality linked by love. That's it.”
Source : Randy Wayne White (2004). “Everglades”, p.74, Penguin
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“The religious quality of Marxism also explains a characteristic attitude of the orthodox Marxist toward opponents. To him, as to any believer in a Faith, the opponent is not merely in error but in sin. Dissent is disapproved of not only intellectually but also morally. There cannot be any excuse for it once the Message has been revealed.”