David Benioff Quotes
Iwan Rheon is a great actor, and he's going to go on to a long brilliant career. And most of the characters he'll play will not be evil. He's not one of those who can only play a bad guy.
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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My parents were the good parents that said, 'You should try and get a good job and go to college and get an education.'
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.
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I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
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I believe that leaders should inspire you to be more like them.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.
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When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit.
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The more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much.
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I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.
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To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves.
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Doing gigs is great, but when you come together for a production in the theatre, that is something I have a lot of respect for.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
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Hush, call no echo up in further proof Of desolation! there's a voice within That weeps . . . as thou must sing . . . alone, aloof.
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Iwan Rheon is a great actor, and he's going to go on to a long brilliant career. And most of the characters he'll play will not be evil. He's not one of those who can only play a bad guy.
