"Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't……" — Patrick Macnee
"Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81."
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20 Quotes by Patrick Macnee
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It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't.…
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I was producing a series about Sir Winston Churchill, about which I was extremely proud, and earning a lot of…
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Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful…
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I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to…
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And there was a very famous man called Michael Powell, who probably is the greatest director all round, except possibly…
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The strange thing about the English character is that they understate everything. It's considered bad form to comment on the…
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center…
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I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward…
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I mean, everyone says Citizen Kane. It isn't that great, anyway. And Orson Welles I knew well, of course. He…
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I was absolutely delighted that those shows have been preserved.
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So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing…
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More Accomplished Quotes
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Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly…
— Amelia Barr
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But the Republican right-wing agenda, these people - Arnold and his patrons - felt it could be accomplished by circumventing…
— Warren Beatty
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Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people.…
— Bob Beauprez
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
— Warren G. Bennis
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Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will…
— Sitting Bull
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Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.
— Robert Byrd
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there…
— Dale Carnegie
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I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get…
— Jim Carrey
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The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since…
— Hillary Clinton
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I think that true horror is accomplished by slowly getting into your brain. The old way is much more scary.
— Sergio Aragones
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Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According…
— Alice Miller
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