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The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think. ↗

— Colin Firth

#country #denying #english #english people #exist

I wanted to make noise, not study theory. ↗

— James Hetfield

#make #noise #study #theory #wanted

Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood. ↗

— Colin Firth

#hasn #hollywood #i #me #neither

I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year. ↗

— Colin Firth

#america #belong #briefly #extent #felt

I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I have been lucky. ↗

— Colin Firth

#dues #had #haven #i #i think

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#art form #become #breathing #breathing thing #form

I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future. ↗

— Gianni Versace

#except #future #i #i am #in the past

I think that London is very much like that. I find there's humour in the air and people are interesting. And I think that it's a place which is constantly surprising. The worst thing about it? I think it can be smug and aggressive. ↗

— Colin Firth

#aggressive #air #constantly #find #humour

I'm not patient, and some things drive me crazy. In my work, I get incredibly upset when people don't get it right or don't respect others' needs. ↗

— Colin Firth

#drive #get #i #incredibly #me

Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#failed #humiliating #idiots #more #nothing