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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I had given up on acting because I would go for auditions every day, but nothing would happen.
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I always try to live in the moment.
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In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation, but the musicianship required is kind of insane. To actually play with real jazz musicians is a different level of musicianship that almost has no equal in any other form of music in the world.
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I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
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I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. If we don't care about the characters, we won't care - not in a lasting way - about what's happening to them.
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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.
