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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Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.
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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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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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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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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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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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The idea of faking empathy to take a step forward to understanding - it's a really powerful idea.
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The mystified idea I had of Israel - the demonization of Israel - it just wasn't true.
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And as husbands and fathers and brothers, we have to step up - because every girl’s life matters. Every daughter deserves the same chance as our sons. Every woman should be able to go about her day - to walk the streets or ride the bus - and be safe, and be treated with respect and dignity. She deserves that.
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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.
