Domhnall Gleeson Quotes
Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why - it's such an incredibly competitive market.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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I'd heard stories about business managers who lost their client's money. My feeling was that if I made any money, I wanted to lose it myself, to be the author of my own demise.
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Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.
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The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
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I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.
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My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.
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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
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Life is such a tragicomedy.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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I love coming up with the stories and being creative and working with creative people and coming up with visuals and creating characters.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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I learned that coming out was crucial to self-esteem.
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Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.
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I became chairman of the inmates committee. Got into a lot of trouble. Was accused of fomenting a riot. Was accused of plotting to kill the warden.
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Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.
