David Wenham Quotes
My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.
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Man, y'know, I'm a music guy. I like a lot of different things. It depends on the time of the day and the situation.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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Carrie-Anne Moss is awesome. I am just going to put that out there.
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Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job.
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'American Idol,' for me, is fizzling out. They can't package me, man... I'm an artist that's created this concept but used the 'American Idol' machine as a marketing tool.
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Quite frankly, I don't miss standing in the box or standing on the field playing.
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I know a lot is going to be on our shoulders, especially the way we're starting games out. We have to start faster; I have to be sharper from the start, and I will be. And I'm confident that if we can get this thing started out a little better each week that we can get on that roll and be tough to stop.
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I love the Army with every bone in my body.
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Today, the biggest bottleneck to the growth of a corporation is availability of good talent.
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Sometimes when you're praised about something, sometimes it's deserved, and sometimes it's not deserved. Same thing with criticism. Sometimes the criticism is deserved, and sometimes it's not deserved.
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Incentive schemes, whereby people who have done the most good for humanity are rewarded 20 years into the future, would create the expectation that doing long-term good is valuable.
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I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times.
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There's only so much you can do until you get on set and see the aesthetics of what you're dealing with. Then you see what the other players are giving to you. It's all about the transfer of energy between different actors.
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Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.
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Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.
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Growing up, I wanted to be a journalist. I was in love with Lisa Ling, who's a broadcast journalist and who travels the world. I used to read all of her articles and watch her when she'd go to China or South Africa or Australia. I thought that was the coolest job because she got to travel and tell people's stories.
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My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks.
