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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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 don't get hung up on weight.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.
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I view my strongest competition as myself. You're always trying to top yourself, rather than worrying about what other people are doing.
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The worst career advice is to just do something because it's paying, and there are a lot people out there that will push you to take a job because of money. I am not motivated by money, and I have found a lot of disappointment when I've had to do something because I needed to support myself in that way.
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Once I turned 13, I was the guy magnet.
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I've been dancing forever; since I remember, that's what I've been doing.
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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.
