Kenneth Williams quotes

The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive. (Kenneth Williams)
We know grooming is important for people. To get their hair done, to get makeup and things like that - that makes a person feel better. View quote
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I found that if I got up on the stage to entertain the troops I could make them shut up and look. View quote
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All problems have to be solved eventually by ONESELF, and that's where all your lovely John Donne stuff turns out to be a load of crap because, in the last analysis, A MAN IS AN ISLAND. View quote
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I see myself as a roving mosquito, choosing it's target. View quote
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A fan club is a group of people who tell an actor hes not alone in the way he feels about himself. View quote
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It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing. View quote
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People need to be peppered or even outraged occasionally. Our national comedy and drama is packed with earthy familiarity and honest vulgarity. Clean vulgarity can be very shocking and that, in my view, gives greater involvement. View quote
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Oh – what's the bloody point? View quote
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He was very difficult to work with. When he felt like it, it was just bliss. But he could be hideous. View quote
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Living with someone always means a denial of self in SOME way and I suppose I have always known it was something I couldn't accomplish. So I've always stayed on the sidelines. Getting the pleasure vicariously. It's not wholly satisfactory, but then of course no lives are, and you know what I think about indiscriminate sex and promiscuous trade. I think it's the beginning of a long, long road to despair. (Kenneth Williams)
It's frightening to think with modern medicine and all the technique available to them they can't really help you. In the old days, you know, you were better off because nowadays, they are all specialists. Everyone's becoming better and better at less and less. Eventually someone's going to be superb, at nothing. View quote
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