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We've discovered a way to dilute — Lemony Snicket

Ingrid Bergman speaks five languages and can't act in any of them. — John Gielgud

Just because we think of wolves (or the wilderness, or another race) as wild and fierce, doesn't mean there isn't another side to them. — Stef Penney

Being another character is more interesting than being yourself. — John Gielgud

But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud. — Patrick Stewart

I never accept lengthy film roles nowadays, because I am always so afraid I will die in the middle of shooting and cause such awful problems. — John Gielgud

Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself. — John Gielgud

Mr. Snowden is a coward who has chosen to run. — Chuck Schumer

I think the young actor who really wants to act will find a way ... to keep at it and seize every opportunity that comes along. — John Gielgud

I am all in favour of spontaneity, providing it is carefully planned and ruthlessly controlled. — John Gielgud

I'm sure there isn't an after-life. If there were, Ivor Novello would have got a message to us. — John Gielgud

When I first went to America in 1928, there were spittoons everywhere. I remember avoiding spit as it flew past me in Times Square. Very unattractive. — John Gielgud

Your English style will no doubt put all the other gentlemen to bed. I speak figuratively, of course. — John Gielgud

John Gielgud told us this story about Mae West. She was asked, 'Do you ever smoke after you've had sex?' She answered, 'I never looked. — Christopher Isherwood

You can be good in a good movie, you can be good in a bad movie, you can be bad in a bad movie, but never, ever, be bad in a good movie. — John Gielgud

Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works. — Clayton Christensen

The consequence of the demand for fast answers to complicated health matters is the endless demand for tests, diagnostics, and pharmaceuticals. — Archelle Georgiou

To say that a man is made up of certain chemical elements is a satisfactory description only for those who intend to use him as a fertilizer. — Hermann Joseph Muller

We are serious as a heart attack about making the world a better place. — Astro Teller

Before you can do something you must first be something. — John Gielgud

One's self-image is very important because if that's in good shape, then you can do anything, or practically anything. — John Gielgud

Fortunately for mankind the brain in a life of action turns more to the matter in hand than to conjuring up the chances of the future. — John Buchan

It is very hard to cast a number of plays adequately from the same company of actors without several parts being miscast. — John Gielgud

You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school. — Stephen Ambrose

There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud. — Ian McKellen

Old, in America, is not a good thing to be. — Katha Pollitt

The truth is hidden in books. — Lailah Gifty Akita

All things at last yield to the silent, irresistible, all conquering energy of purpose. — James Allen

Most of my friends seem to be either dead, extremely deaf or living on the wrong side of Kent. — John Gielgud

For the cynic, art is defined through money. That, of course, is a very sad statement. But an artist is someone who does creative things. — Wolfgang Beltracchi

It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it. — Lady Bird Johnson

Usually one must go to a bowling alley to meet a woman of your stature. — John Gielgud