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The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the chance of war presents itself as a possible bountiful friend.


Lewis H. Lapham

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DAMIAN LEWIS I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to su...
DAMIAN LEWIS There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into y...
DAMIAN LEWIS Quiet people, people who aren't given to emotional outbursts, people who are economic with words...
DAMIAN LEWIS If you think you don't want to play another psychopath, but the script is amazing, and the direc...
DAMIAN LEWIS I found the hedge-fund guys I met all to be very, very concentrated listeners - watchful and articul...
DAMIAN LEWIS I love playing sport.
DAMIAN LEWIS You have to go where the good writing is.
DAMIAN LEWIS I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie.
DAMIAN LEWIS The lesson I learned is that sometimes the task you have at hand needs all of your concentration and...
DAMIAN LEWIS I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.
DAMIAN LEWIS You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a tradin...
DAMIAN LEWIS I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes y...
DAMIAN LEWIS In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still you...
DAMIAN LEWIS I just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing.
DAMIAN LEWIS For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.
DAMIAN LEWIS People need revelation, and then they need resolution.
DAMIAN LEWIS