Mark Strong Quotes
In the past, if I didn't work, I didn't eat but now I feel I can not work and I won't starve.
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I don't keep people around me that aren't family. You don't get to stay. Unless you're eating at the table with us, you're not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another.
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I worked on 'Lonesome Dove' three weeks all together. When I heard they were doing it, I wanted to be involved since I'd read the book.
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
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Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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North Korea is probably the only country in the world deliberately kept out of the Internet.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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The grass is always greener on the other side - until you get there and see it's AstroTurf. Symbols are never reality. Someone might have amassed material success and fame, but that doesn't mean they're happy. So, don't go judging a person's life by the cover.
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One place had a winning record that I went to, and that was Detroit. Rick Carlisle laid a foundation that gave us a chance to win a championship.
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If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.
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I love a vintage look that's also a bit rock n' roll.
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I don't think limits.
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If you're a manager you can't get frustrated and be emotional. You have to continue to steer the ship, you can't let go of the wheel because who knows where it will go then.
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There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering.
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I'd always keep going back to the acting. Once the rent was paid, and the phone bill, the next money you had was for acting classes.
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My writing works best when I remember that bookish child who adored reading and gear the work toward him.
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The reason I wanted to start directing is that as an actor I felt I came into a job late. There's a whole team of people who have been working on it for months before you start. You have this really intense period of filming and then you leave it, knowing that the director will work on it for another few months.
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In the past, if I didn't work, I didn't eat but now I feel I can not work and I won't starve.
