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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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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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 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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People eat duck and you think, well, we've got loads of chickens, leave the ducks alone!
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If it's boring, then it's tiring.
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I feel like I have to move violently once a day, or I'll lose my mind.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle.
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To be an artist, you look, you perceive, you recognize what is going through your mind. And it is not ideas. Everything you feel and everything you see and everything that your whole life goes through your mind, you know. But you have to recognize it and go with it and really feel it.
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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There are over 20 federal agencies that provide some, or all, of the steps in the export process. This can paint a very confusing and intimidating picture for small companies who often don't have designated export officials or trade representatives on staff to navigate the process for their businesses.
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'This Means War' is up there with 'Hail to the King' in terms of crowd reaction and kids chanting for it.
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The fame thing has happened very gradually, so I've been kind of lucky.
