Because Quote by Richard Burton

“When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk.”

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My sister Edith died at the age of 43. She was the youngest sister and the funniest. I had to harrumph and snort a…

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Warren Beatty seems very self-conscious and actory.

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A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.

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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…

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If I had a chance for another life, I would certainly choose a better complexion.

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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.

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I grew up among heroes who went down the pit, who played rugby, told stories, sang songs of war.

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What an extraordinary world it is.

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One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty…

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I am as dispassionate as it is possible for a human being to be and not be a machine.

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I'm so weak at saying no.

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Sometimes I am so much my father's son that I give myself occasional creeps.

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I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.

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It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.

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