Quotes about "Friendship & Relationships"

Nothing upset me more than the award of Companion of Honour to Eric Hobsbawm in reward for a lifetime of unswerving loyalty to the Soviet Union. ”

If you take away a lot of the pretension and grandness from Shakespeare, a true poeticism is revealed. ”

Rattigan's world demanded unwavering trust in principles, loyalty, and virtue. At the time of this play - Rattigan was writing this play in 1947 about an incident that took place in 1914 - should a boy say he didn't do something, his father would believe him; a British father would take the defense of his son's honor to his grave. ”

It's true I'm more widely recognised now and get invited to take part in all sorts of events and projects but as a person, I haven't changed. ”

To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out. ”

The Lucky One' is at its heart a romance novel, elevated however by Nicholas Sparks' persuasive storytelling. Readers don't read his books because they're true, but because they ought to be true. ”

It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame. ”

If you can act as if something is true, in a sense that makes it true. ”

There's something about that relationship between actor and audience. Whether you get it on Broadway or in a fine local playhouse, there's no greater drug. Every time I get to do TV, film and a play in the same year, it's my dream come true. ”

It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true. ”