I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

Quote by Harold Pinter

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I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.

I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a...

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a...

A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of...

A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of...

It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had...

It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had...

One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to...

One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to...

Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated.

Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated.

If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court,...

If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court,...

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans -...

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans -...

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend...

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend...

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical...

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical...

I also found being called Sir rather silly.

I also found being called Sir rather silly.

I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the...

I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the...

There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.

There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.

Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as...

Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as...

While The United States is the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, it...

While The United States is the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, it...

I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what...

I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what...

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I...

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I...

Well even before she was diagnosed with the cancer, I would have said that she...

Well even before she was diagnosed with the cancer, I would have said that she...

Now I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how...

Now I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how...

And I'm going to work as hard as I can...for cancer research and hopefully, maybe,...

And I'm going to work as hard as I can...for cancer research and hopefully, maybe,...