Orlando Bloom Quotes
A big part of what I wanted to do with this character was go from when I was a boy and try and develop into a man, really try and play him as a man who is on this search, on a journey of personal, spiritual, political, social discovery.
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Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
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When a man interrupts a woman in mid-sentence, it reveals much about him. First, it shows he hasn't been listening to what she is saying, and secondly, it indicates that he doesn't want to listen to what she will say. Her views are not important.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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Pfft, I hate Christmas Day. It's for children and families. Not for people like me.
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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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I'm blessed. I have a 13-year-old girl's eye and a 14 year-old boy's eye. I've been given the gift of sight by people who decided to donate organs. I try to do as much organ-donor work as I can.
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With the mega – fame came the mega – downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.
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I look more to the future. That's where my head is at.
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The Westerner is less a person than a continuing adaptation. The West is less a place than a process.
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I've learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.
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I'm always in search of those books where you don't want to stop reading, and 'Me Before You' is at the top of that list.
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The most important thing we can do is to make sure that we've got very high standards, we expect a lot out of all of our young people, and we make sure that we have the best teachers possible in every classroom.
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A big part of what I wanted to do with this character was go from when I was a boy and try and develop into a man, really try and play him as a man who is on this search, on a journey of personal, spiritual, political, social discovery.
