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> [“The actor Richard Burton once wrote an article for the New York Times about his experience playing the role of Winston Churchill in a television drama: "In the course of preparing myself...I realized afresh that I hate Churchill and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/the-actor-richard-burton-once-wrote-an-article-for-the-new-york-times/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

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## More by Richard Burton

> [My sister Edith died at the age of 43. She was the youngest sister and the funniest. I had to harrumph and snort a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/my-sister-edith-died-at-the-age-of-43-she-was-the-youngest-sister-and/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [Warren Beatty seems very self-conscious and actory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/warren-beatty-seems-very-self-conscious-and-actory/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/a-man-that-hoards-up-riches-and-enjoys-them-not-is-like-an-ass-that/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [The only nice poets I've ever met were bad poets, and a bad poet is not a poet at all - ergo, I've never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/the-only-nice-poets-i-ve-ever-met-were-bad-poets-and-a-bad-poet-is/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [If I had a chance for another life, I would certainly choose a better complexion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/if-i-had-a-chance-for-another-life-i-would-certainly-choose-a-better/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [You reach the top of the heap, but it's a circle, and you slip on the down side, maybe for years. You get scared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/you-reach-the-top-of-the-heap-but-it-s-a-circle-and-you-slip-on-the/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [I grew up among heroes who went down the pit, who played rugby, told stories, sang songs of war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/i-grew-up-among-heroes-who-went-down-the-pit-who-played-rugby-told/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [What an extraordinary world it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/what-an-extraordinary-world-it-is/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/one-of-the-gladdest-moments-of-human-life-methinks-is-the-departure/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [I am as dispassionate as it is possible for a human being to be and not be a machine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/i-am-as-dispassionate-as-it-is-possible-for-a-human-being-to-be-and/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [I'm so weak at saying no.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/i-m-so-weak-at-saying-no/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [Sometimes I am so much my father's son that I give myself occasional creeps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/sometimes-i-am-so-much-my-father-s-son-that-i-give-myself-occasional/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [How do you live with one person for 13 years and another for eight and find both as alien as strangers?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/how-do-you-live-with-one-person-for-13-years-and-another-for-eight/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/they-lard-their-lean-books-with-the-fat-of-others-work/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

> [How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-burton/how-strange-are-the-tricks-of-memory-which-often-hazy-as-a-dream/)

[Richard Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-burton/)

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