Abbie Cornish Quotes
Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.
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The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world.
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We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.
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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
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Time is generally the best doctor.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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Like some of my other movies, 'Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes' is also a very political film, and many critics still consider it even the best of all the Apes movies, because it conveys a series of political viewpoints.
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The most profound change that genetics brings about might not be scientific at all. It might be mental and even spiritual enrichment: a more expansive sense of who we humans are, existentially, and where we came from, and how we fit with other life on earth.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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I've always been fond of acoustic music.
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Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
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Ranger fans, they're expecting you to win, so you really want to show up every day.
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It's hard because I think I fall into this in-between space where there's something that's innately feminine about me, and there's also something that's kind of androgynous. I carry myself somewhere in between, and I think my music lends itself to that as well.
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If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.
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I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.
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My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
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A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.
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If you look at art history, at Goya or Gainsborough, it's always about acknowledging the people of your time who have influence.
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We live in a digital world, but we're fairly analog creatures.
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Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
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I'm a big fan of Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars – that's my next level. You've got to dream. People have always tried to shoot me down for wanting to be a big worldwide star. But why not? You have to broaden your horizons and put yourself out there.
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Jim MacLaine was the hero of Ray Connolly's 1973 movie 'That'll Be the Day', about a young man turning his back on a university education at the turn of the '60s in order to try his hand in a rock n' roll band.
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When you're the director and the writer, you never have to remember your lines, and there's no one to call you on it. On Garden State I did different lines on every take, just making crap up. And it was great each time.
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Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.
