Chris O'Dowd Quotes
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
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In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
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My love songs are very personal and quite weird. They don't really have the big radio hit choruses because basically they're my therapy, stuff I have to get off my chest.
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I just want to continue with gymnastics because I'm still young and fresh. I think can get some more titles under my belt.
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I think, especially in pop culture, we're brought up to think that a normal pop star is this pretty, well-kept-together girl.
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Cultures, along with the religions that shape and nurture them, are value systems, sets of traditions and habits clustered around one or several languages, producing meaning: for the self, for the here and now, for the community, for life.
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There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.
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Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
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I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.
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I love the Cannes Film Festival. From the lavish parties and events to the red carpet attire, this star-studded week-long event is where I get a lot of inspiration for hair and fashion.
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I don't want to be the actor who's followed by paparazzi, you know? I would like to just do good work and have that work be respected and acknowledged.
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I believe that Obamacare is bad for America.
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The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
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Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.
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I grew up thinking that singing was my security.
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I want to still be singing at 70 years old. I want to be open to the dreams I haven't even dreamed up.
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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.
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One of the things that I've realized in my life is that nothing really happens unless people believe in you.
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Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.
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What really helps me is being able to record my albums at home - I have more fun experimenting that way, as opposed to working with an engineer, in which case I have to deal with the humiliation of doing take after take, and that can get frustrating.
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Lots of women are doing time for love and fear.
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The fame thing has happened very gradually, so I've been kind of lucky.
