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I think therapy should be part of everyone's preventative medicine.
Ioan Gruffudd
Think
Medicine
Everyone
I Think
Part
Should
Therapy
I grew up in Aberdare and some of the nicest beaches close by were at Tenby and Saundersfoot.
Ioan Gruffudd
Some
Beaches
Were
Up
Close
Grew
Nicest
Growing up in Wales, there was a lot of fervour about being Welsh. But the more that I travelled, I realised that people aren't always interested in where you're from, but who you are.
Ioan Gruffudd
You
People
About
More
Always
Welsh
Lot
Up
Wales
Being
Where
Realised
Interested
Who
Growing
Growing Up
Travelled
A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening; it gives a change from the surroundings of home, however pleasant.
Ivor Novello
Home
Change
Cinema
Monotony
Pleasant
Visit
Outing
Gives
However
Itself
Surroundings
Afternoon
Breaks
Little
Evening
A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of freshened minds and freedom from the worries that even the best regulated homes cannot always avoid.
Ivor Novello
Best
Good
Freedom
Picture
Worries
Minds
Good Picture
Cost
Give
Shape
Freedom From
Generous
House
Couple
Return
Always
Cannot
Little
Avoid
Even
Comparatively
Homes
Seats
There's something Vichy about the French.
Ivor Novello
About
Something
French
Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.
Ivor Novello
Matter
Always
Stimulates
Behind
Screen
Different
Which
Actor
Applause
I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer.
Ivor Novello
Dreams
Composer
Becoming
Infantile
Began
Career
There are very few misanthropes, thank goodness!
Ivor Novello
Goodness
Few
Very
Thank
Thank Goodness
Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having.
Ivor Novello
Worth
Some
Having
Seldom
Sort
Effort
Which
Require
Things
You cannot isolate yourself from the crowd - even if you want to.
Ivor Novello
You
Yourself
Crowd
Isolate
Want
Cannot
Even
The beautiful heroine might be thinking, How long must I bury my face on this wretched man's shoulder? Such is not the always the case, but quite often it is.
Ivor Novello
Beautiful
Man
Face
Long
Thinking
Heroine
Must
Case
Wretched
Always
How
Quite
Often
Bury
Might
Shoulder
The cinema is an institution nowadays, with its roots sunk deep in the hearts of the millions of people who find enjoyment and entertainment in going to the pictures.
Ivor Novello
Entertainment
People
Cinema
Nowadays
Sunk
Find
Pictures
Institution
Hearts
Going
Roots
Who
Deep
Enjoyment
Millions
Millions Of People
We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage.
Ivor Novello
Entertainment
Stage
Believe
Films
Out
Would
Variety
Crude
Days
Were
Provide
Which
Cut
Asked
Means
Even
Novelty
Early
Early Days
There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact that each visitor is determined to enjoy a few hours of holiday all exert an influence on the mind.
Ivor Novello
Music
Good
Entertainment
Theatre
Mind
Picture
Few
Enjoy
Relaxation
Visitor
Good Music
Atmosphere
About
Determined
Charming
Fact
Hours
Exert
Surroundings
Influence
Holiday
Speaks
Each
I wasn't, you know, Mr. Popular. I was somewhere in the middle ground. I was quite alternative, the things I liked to do. Skateboarding, at the time. Playing in a band as opposed to playing in the rugby team. You know, that kind of thing.
Iwan Rheon
Time
You
Somewhere
Band
Rugby
Kind
Know
Liked
Alternative
Opposed
Quite
Middle
Middle Ground
Skateboarding
Ground
Team
Popular
Thing
Things
Playing
The first CD I had was 'Definitely Maybe' by Oasis, and I had a tape of' 'Parklife' by Blur when I was nine.
Iwan Rheon
First
Nine
Definitely
Oasis
Had
Tape
Maybe
Blur
When you write a song, there's no point keeping it to yourself.
Iwan Rheon
You
Yourself
Song
No Point
Point
Write
Keeping
I don't want to put any pressure on the music; it's my hobby and my release - a thing that I love.
Iwan Rheon
Love
Music
Pressure
Release
Put
Any
Hobby
Want
Thing
I just want my music to be put out there, not shoved in people's faces. I want to keep it relaxed.
Iwan Rheon
Music
People
Relaxed
Out
Faces
Put
Just
Want
Keep
Playing live is closer to theatre, although when you're up there on your own, it's quite scary and revealing because you're playing your own songs. It's like a one man show that you've written yourself.
Iwan Rheon
You
Man
Theatre
Yourself
Own
Live
One-Man
Scary
Songs
Written
Like
Although
Because
Revealing
Up
Closer
Quite
Your
Show
Playing
There was so much great music around in the '60s, stuff like The Small Faces, but I also love The Jam.
Iwan Rheon
Love
Music
Great
Great Music
Faces
Small
Stuff
Like
Also
Around
Jam
Much
I don't seek the limelight. I'm perfectly happy with a quiet life and spending time with my family, but I deserve recognition.
Joe Calzaghe
Life
Time
Family
Happy
Quiet Life
Spending
Spending Time
Recognition
Seek
Perfectly
Limelight
Quiet
Deserve
At 14, 15, everyone at school stopped talking to me, and I went completely into my shell. Basically, I'd be hiding. I had no friends. I hated it.
Joe Calzaghe
Me
School
No Friends
Everyone
Hiding
Hated
Had
Talking
Shell
Friends
Stopped
Basically
You can never say never in this game, but I can't see myself boxing again. There's loads of things I want to do.
Joe Calzaghe
Myself
You
Game
Never Say Never
Say
See
Never
Boxing
Want
Again
Things
Loads
I think we have a normal father-and-son relationship. But like any other relationship, we have our differences. But we always seem to work out our differences. Believe it or not, our personalities are similar. We're both fiery and passionate.
Joe Calzaghe
Work
Relationship
Differences
Believe
Think
Other
Our
Out
Seem
Similar
Both
Like
Always
Passionate
Normal
Any
Personalities
Fiery
Work Out
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