Mark Lawrence Quotes
When I started the 'Broken Empire' trilogy, I thought it was a short story, and I didn't know the beginning, middle, or end of even that.
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If we focus on our health, including our inner health, our self-esteem, and how we look at ourselves and our confidence level, we'll tend to be healthier people anyway, we'll tend to make better choices for our lives, for our bodies, we'll always be trying to learn more, and get better as time goes on.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.
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There is nothing in my work that can be taken as blasphemy.
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I take none of that to heart. I don't feel like there's anything that I need to do for anybody else. I want to win bad enough for myself anyway, that nothing anybody can say can make me want to win any more.
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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I'm only an actor. I'm not a writer. I'm not going to leave any legacy. All I've ever done is learn the lines and say them.
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Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.
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I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.
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My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.
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When I started as a child actor, my father didn't tell me anything.
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I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.
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I think there's every reason this 21st century will be much happier.
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Like I said, everybody has got something they have to deal with health-wise, and everybody's human. I should look after myself better, but so should everybody, right?
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'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
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The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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You need to decide what problems, what opportunities, what projects you're going to work on.
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A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
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My religion lies in my composition.
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When I started the 'Broken Empire' trilogy, I thought it was a short story, and I didn't know the beginning, middle, or end of even that.
