Dwayne Johnson Quotes
With all the... success that I've been lucky enough to get? That doesn't happen unless the home life is solid.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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What I can tell you is that for Puerto Rico being such a small island, it has culturally impacted the entire world.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.
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You say I look goofy? OK, great. You say it's comedy? Great. Whatever anyone thought, I didn't care. Could be goony, could be sexy, could be stupid, could be cool. I didn't know, but as long as it was something, you know?
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Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle a structureless life.
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Live life like its the last breath you take for that breath is the whole essence of living, the little things in life are what connects us to all the big things we live for.
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With all the... success that I've been lucky enough to get? That doesn't happen unless the home life is solid.
