David Morrissey Quotes
I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting.
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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I had a moment where I left journalism, and I started getting interested in this issue and writing about it, where I felt there was a right side and a wrong side around a lot of these issues relating to education.
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
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For all of the continued awareness of systemic violence and oppression, there isn't a lot of talk about that psychological toll of racism, at least in white circles and white media.
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An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought.
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I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I will vote a liberal president, as well.
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The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
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And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration.
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Maybe guys also have insecurities, but in a sporting arena, they keep it to themselves. I can't do that.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work better than any alternative in reducing the risk of use.
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Everything I am, everything I've been allowed to do, career-wise, has come out of the opportunity I had with 'Cheers'. I think it's one of the funniest shows ever. They are some of my best friends.
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About once every four days, someone comes up to me and is like, 'Hey, I know you from somewhere.'
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I grew up in a very strong, nuclear family. My father was a sportsman. He represented South Africa in a couple of sports, so he was a very positive person and someone who encouraged you to be your best and give your best with everything that you do.
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I heard one time that the Superman glyph is the second or third most recognizable symbol on Earth after the Christian cross.
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It's part of the job to compensate for outfit.
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I have to say that filming 'The Night Manager' was not just amazing but also very daunting at first. I used to describe myself as the token plebeian surrounded by all your national treasures. All that glittering talent in one place; I knew Hugh from Fry and Laurie videos that my grandpa used to watch, and Tom Hollander's 'Rev' is hilarious.
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Being a Navy SEAL and sniper taught me all about risk management. Take away all the risk variables under your control and reduce it to an acceptable level. The same fundamentals apply in business.
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On a daily basis, I pay almost no attention to the macro.
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Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
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If Singapore is a nanny state, then I am proud to have fostered one.
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I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting.
