If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism.


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DAN STEVENS
I'm amazed by just constantly - there's not a week that goes past where there's not some...
DAN STEVENS
At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I ...
DAN STEVENS
I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I...
DAN STEVENS
I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep ...
DAN STEVENS
As long as I am given the opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, I...
DAN STEVENS
I haven't done as many films as I would have liked. A lot of my contemporaries have done more. I...
DAN STEVENS
In the 21st century, I think it's fair to say, homosexuality is more accepted in Britain and it&...
DAN STEVENS
Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have. People wa...
DAN STEVENS
My dad tells me that he took us to a pantomime when I was very, very small - panto being a sort of E...
DAN STEVENS
We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can have a baby ...
DAN STEVENS
I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awe...
DAN STEVENS
All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others....
DAN STEVENS
Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of ...
CAT STEVENS
I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far rem...
CAT STEVENS
Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
ABEL STEVENS
If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million way...
CAT STEVENS
Destiny is for people who are too lazy to create alternate timelines.
R. STEVENS
Pride is a powerful narcotic, but it doesn't do much for the auto-immune system.
STUART STEVENS
I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting m...
DAN STEVENS
I really wanted to be born a woman. It all started there. A South American woman. And I'm upset ...
FISHER STEVENS
Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah.
CAT STEVENS
I think having children is the most amazing thing.
RACHEL STEVENS
I love the live performances and Las Vegas. I also like making films that are being discovered by an...
CONNIE STEVENS
Nothing you wear is more important than your smile.
CONNIE STEVENS
A British porch is a musty, forbidding non-room in which to fling a sodden umbrella or a muddy pair ...
DAN STEVENS
The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in...
DAN STEVENS
I was more secure being a mother than I was walking on a set.
CONNIE STEVENS
My kids are pretty secure, bright, and know who they are.
CONNIE STEVENS
I am from Brooklyn, NY, so we could not have many pets, but I always had at least two dogs.
CONNIE STEVENS
I am a New Yorker.
CONNIE STEVENS
I love being Italian.
CONNIE STEVENS
I made the decision a long time ago that I had an obligation to my children that I happily fulfilled...
CONNIE STEVENS
Once you have an animal, you have to commit to it. They need a sense of freedom, but, of course, the...
CONNIE STEVENS
It's important for us to latch onto the people that we love.
CONNIE STEVENS
She will be successful who is easy to start and hard to stop.
CONNIE STEVENS