Domhnall Gleeson Quotes
As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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You go down South, and they're quirky; they have culture, and it's not uniformly true of our country. Our country has gotten a little blanded out, big sections of it. Even if you disagree with the politics, you have to appreciate the cuisine, the music, the literature.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
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I like being unconventional.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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Books are no different from goats! They enjoy an afternoon out on the lawn.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic and social burdens posed by chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
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Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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I think anytime you get nominated for an award, it's a very humbling thing.
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In Argentina, you do what your father does. If your father plays football, you play football. If your father plays polo, you play polo.
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Maybe I should have played two more Australians and two less Davis Cups? I could have had more majors and still have three Davis Cups when most people don't have one.
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People should be more like animals . . . they should be more intuitive; they should not be too conscious of what they do while they do it.
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What people forget is that the most radical thing about Obama is that he was the first black man in history to imagine that he could become president, who was able to make other Americans believe it as well. Other than that, he is a centrist, just like I try to be. He's been bridging divisions his whole life.
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As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.
