Nicolas Roeg My father was an extraordinary man. – Nicolas Roeg Extraordinary Quotes Father Quotes When my sister and I were very young, my father used to tell us fairy stories that he’d made up. My mother was always telling him that he should write them down, but he would say, ‘Well, they’ve all been done before. There are so many blooming books in the world – why should I write another one?’ When I look around, I begin to understand what Socrates meant when he said, ‘How much there is in the world I do not want.’
Ben Schwartz The perfect thing for me is to be on something I love, where I’m doing it and have enough money not to be poor, and I’m allowed to go on vacation. – Ben Schwartz
Johann G Seume Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he. – Johann G Seume
Denis Lawson I was approached by Disney to reprise my role but I wasn’t interested. The movies are sure to be brilliant but I don’t want to be in them. I’ve spent the past 20 years talking about the last movies and I’m bored with it. I don’t want to spend the next 20 talking about ‘Star Wars.’ – Denis Lawson
Susana Martinez I have to deliver the results I promised because, as the first Hispanic female governor, I’m going to pave a path of some kind. I want it to be one that little Hispanic girls will want to follow. – Susana Martinez
Andrew ShafferAnger In ‘Hope Never Dies’, the fictional Obama and Biden go up against drug traffickers, outlaw bikers, and other seedy opponents. They’re forced to use skills they didn’t know they had. Or, to put it another way, unlike Jordan Peele’s Obama, this Obama doesn’t need an anger translator. – Andrew Shaffer
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