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If you swap it about, do television, theatre, film, you can go on surprising yourself. The problem is you get employed to do something you've already done. They want something from that sheep pen of performances they've seen you do. Kenneth Cranham

You Theatre Yourself Problem Seen Sheep Pen Television About Something Performance Employed Go Surprising Get Done Want Swap Film

You create a blueprint of your best performance, and you're happiest the night you surpass that blueprint. That won't happen that often, but it will happen. It's like sculpting: you keep refining. When you have a piece that is yours, that is just you, that becomes obsessive; you think about it all the time. Kenneth Cranham

Time Best You Will Think About Performance Obsessive Like Piece Becomes Surpass Refining Often Just Blueprint Happen Happiest Create Sculpting Your Yours Keep Night

When you act for a living, you are lucky enough to get to say things you really want to say. You get lines that you look forward to, lines that jump out like a jack-in-the-box; you're thinking: 'Wait till you hear this.' Kenneth Cranham

Great wine is always enhanced by great food. Kenneth Cranham

Food Great Wine Always Enhanced

When I was in Lochgelly as a boy, I went to the cinema every night - and on Sundays, I used to go to Cowdenbeath and see something there. Kenneth Cranham

Cinema Every Sundays See Something Boy Go Used Every Night Night

My grandfather, Harry Ferguson, was a butcher in Hill of Beath; so even though my grandparents lived in some poverty, we got loads of beef. My grandmother, Meg, was a fine Scottish cook who did slow cooking. Kenneth Cranham

Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come, while stars grew fuller and larger all around them, and a yellow moon, appearing suddenly and silently from nowhere in particular, came to keep them company and listen to their talk. Kenneth Grahame

Moon Big Stars All-Around About He Days Particular Come Talk Talked Around Came Yellow Going Listen Grew While Them Toad Fuller Company Appearing Suddenly Keep Larger Nowhere

The whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing, closing in round something or - somebody? In panic, he began to run too, aimlessly, he knew not whither. Kenneth Grahame

Somebody Chasing Too Panic Run Hunting Running Seemed Something He Knew Began Closing Wood Hard Whole Now Round

A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was shattered into pieces. Kenneth Grahame

Travel Hopeless State Would Cart Inspection Longer Missing Shattered Pieces Were Wheel Them Succeeded Themselves Even Careful

The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place. Kenneth Grahame

Animals arrived, liked the look of the place, took up their quarters, settled down, spread, and flourished. They didn't bother themselves about the past - they never do; they're too busy. Kenneth Grahame

Animals Past Down Busy Too Settled Took About Bother Never Liked Look Spread Quarters Arrived Up Place Themselves

Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing. Kenneth Grahame

Dinner Society Hates Badger Invitations Sort Thing

Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing. Kenneth Grahame

Dark Longing Spring Air Earth Penetrating Spirit Above Divine House Him Around Discontent His Little Moving Lowly Even Below

When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery, summoned them back into the parlour, stood each of them up alongside of his little heap, and proceeded to dress them up for the coming expedition. Kenneth Grahame

I was putting myself under enormous pressure to be successful. Kenny Dalglish

Myself Pressure Enormous Enormous Pressure Putting Successful

Paul Lambert has assembled a great bunch of lads and training has been going very well. I am just desperate to get into the team and do my best for the club. Kenny Dalglish

Best Great Training Desperate Club Has-Been Well Am Been Very Bunch Get Going Just Lads Paul Team

I am absolutely delighted to get back into football with Livingston. Kenny Dalglish

Back Delighted Absolutely Football Am Get

What is called for is dignity. We need to set an example. Kenny Dalglish

Dignity Example Need Set

The scoreline is a bit flattering really. Kenny Dalglish

Bit Flattering Really

Everyone's got to make one submarine drama in their life. Kevin Macdonald

Life Drama Everyone Make Got Submarine

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