9 Quotes by John Hurt about thinking

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    I think, you have to forget about intellect, to a degree. Intuition is very important when you're working with a lens, I believe, for what the lens is doing, too.

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    My mother's father drank and her mother was an unhappy, neurotic woman, and I think she has lived all her life afraid of anyone who drinks for fear something like that might happen to her.

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    My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.

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    You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I think an actor is very like a sportsman in that respect. You have periods where you're in terrific form.

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    I think you can fan the flames, but I think in the same way that a mathematician is a mathematician - He's not taught to be a mathematician. He either has a feeling for equations and an understanding and delight in it, not only in the purity of it, but in its beauty as well.

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    Obviously, the arrogance of my own nature in regards to other people's work would suggest that I think I'm talented.

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    I think you can get better in mathematics on a school level, but when you're talking about being a mathematician, I think that's definitely a gift of genes or whatever.

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    I think it would be very difficult to play somebody if they didn't think they had any virtues or redeeming characteristics.

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