Domhnall Gleeson Quotes
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When in life do you get a black and white printout that says this is what you should do? It just doesn't happen.
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Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
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My mom actually taught fifth grade, so... I'm good with fifth graders. That's, like, my specialty.
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I have always been very comfortable in little clothing; its part of my job.
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He who stops being better stops being good.
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There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb.
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When you're a child, you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't conscious that I was so good at that until I started to truly feel like an actor.
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I know how to stand up for myself. I say no when I want to, yes when I want to, and no one can really change my mind.
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I like a scarf with a shirt; it throws it off a bit.
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Barbara Castle should have been Labour's - and Britain's - first female prime minister. What a role model she would have been: passionate, fiery, and absolutely committed to social justice.
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I planned so well for my post-'Cosby Show' life that I don't have to make desperate acting choices that conflict with what my values.
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Nastia Liukin, I was obsessed with her. And I say was, but really am obsessed with her. She's just so amazing.
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I have decorated soldiers for heroism before, and it was always such an honor to do it.
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City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure.
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I've been stalked.
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I started out in the Apollo Theater. That's where I got my start. I won Amateur Night four weeks in a row.
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Early in my publishing career, someone told me I'd need to have five books in print before I could quit my job as a journalist. Turns out it was closer to 10 books. It also turns out that while it's great to see my titles on bookstore shelves, my best customers are schools and libraries.
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Because I'm anti-war, I've been called pro-Taliban.
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I'm actually not a very good driver, to be honest with you. I'm a scatterbrain driver. I'm not very focused. I'm always trying to find the right music station or put on a new CD or trying to eat something.
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If I wasn't acting, I would sail professionally. Nowhere specific, but I'd sail to Bermuda, South Africa, ya know, get paid to race in Regattas, I think that'd be pretty rad.
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If I continue to work as a coach, it is because my passion and love for football, for the players, is still there.
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The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the time. He doesn't bark only when he sees or smells something that's dangerous. A good watchdog barks at things that are suspicious.
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I think that I identify with Philadelphia for a lot of reasons. Without even thinking about it, I called myself 'Philly's Constant Hitmaker' when I first got a MySpace, before I had any real hits. It was kind of just a funny slogan, basically lifted from the Rolling Stones' first album, 'England's Newest Hit Makers.'
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I tend to play 'tortured' a lot, whether it's physically or emotionally.
