Bernard Manning Quotes
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.
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Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I don't see any way of getting beyond those prophecies.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.
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An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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Keeping your space clean is as much a part of the end result as the dish being tasty.
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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The children break all my jewelry, so everything I wear is cheap - from Topshop or Dorothy Perkins.
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living.
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Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
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Why is it we never get our bad medicine in small doses?
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Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.
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I have many weaknesses, but I have one strength. When I do something, I do it 300 percent. I'm not a middle man.
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The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living.
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I believe in myself like a five-year-old believes in himself. They say look at me, look at me! Then they do a flip in the backyard. It won't even be that amazing, but everyone will be clapping for them.
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I'm really compulsive with music. I listen too much, and I can't listen to one thing. I love iTunes Genius.
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We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
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If God could make angels, why did he bother with men?
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I'm glad I'm not bisexual. I couldn't stand being rejected by men as well as women.
