Mark Rylance Quotes
And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write these plays.

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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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News has become entertainment. Once that happens, a whole series of horrific events start to happen, whether it's the lack of dissemination of something that can inform you or something that actually negatively impacts society.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.
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There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.
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Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.
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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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One of Britain's big problems throughout history has been that we lust after consumer goods from elsewhere, but our friends overseas have been less enthusiastic about buying things we produce.
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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
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The way I like to start a new project is to take a cover song and make a stab at it, ideally one that has nothing to do with the people in the room.
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As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival.
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We would take a little bit of money out of a huge increase in ballistic missile defense and put it in a place where it will do a lot of good, namely, in targeted pay increases to our enlisted personnel, particularly our NCOs and our junior warrant officers.
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I've probably tried every fad diet in the world.
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If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.
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I don't think most analysts understand that whether I work a 70-hour week or an 80-hour week, I take my head with me when I go home.
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And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write these plays.