Material Quotes

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I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that… — Orlando Bloom
Yeah, I mean the material, directors, the other cast, and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and… — Orlando Bloom
I want to find something really wonderful to do next and take my time to search through the dearth of great material, especially for women. — Emily Blunt
We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material… — John Bolton
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music. — Christian Nestell Bovee
I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I would like to… — David Bowie
I find it difficult to judge myself, but people say that I have become a bit more socially acceptable over the years in terms of… — Jo Brand
I've always been criticised for how filthy my material is. Victoria Wood said to me once, 'I wish I was a bit ruder, like you,'… — Jo Brand
Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest. — William J. Brennan
Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material is more unusual. — Jeff Bridges
Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues. — Phillips Brooks
I write slowly. I actually write quickly, but I throw out so much material. — Dan Brown
In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived… — Carol Burnett
Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape. — William S. Burroughs
The only reason why I tend to pass on a movie is either I don't think I'm right for the material and can't play it… — Nicolas Cage
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. — Willa Cather
We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy… — Fred Allen
The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit,… — Noam Chomsky
We're living in a time when the world has suddenly discovered India because it's run out of raw material for its imagination. The raw materials… — Deepak Chopra
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and… — Winston Churchill

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