Dominic Monaghan Quotes
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The problems of aging present an opportunity to rethink our social and personal lives in order to ensure the dignity and welfare of each individual.
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My childhood was appalling.
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I see myself as extremely lucky.
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If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
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I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was.
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Not many of my friends I had from college are playing in this league. Everybody knows it's a privilege, so you definitely don't knock it because you never know where you may end up.
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One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that improvisation is such a big part of it, so it feels like it should be less soldiers in an army and more like free spirits melding. And yet, big band jazz has a real military side to it.
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When I write, I want something to sound good itself.
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Now is the age of anxiety.
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While writing 'City Boy,' I relied mainly on my own memories. In particular, I was able to describe the effect of gay liberation on an individual life (mine) as events paralleled my own growing self-acceptance; in this case, the political truly was the personal.
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Religion has nothing to do with God. It's a fundamental attitude of human beings, who ask about the origins of life and what happens after death. For many, the answer is a personal god. In my opinion, it's religion that produces God, not the other way round.
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My favorite artists are Kanye West, Jay Z, the Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child.
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I can understand the natural anxiety of readers when waiting for another installment of a favourite series, but I think it is much more important to get a book right than it is to have it appear on time.
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Why did I choose Washington among offers from other cities? Because it is the capital of the world.
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One of the first auditions I had in New York was for a commercial where I had to go in and audition to be a snake charmer... It was either some bank commercial or something where they wanted a guy charming a snake... I remember they wanted to know if I actually knew how to snake charm.
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I try and eat really healthy when I'm home, but I certainly don't eat worms and snakes.
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I don't want to be the stupid blond. I want to be an actor.
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It's summertime and the living is easy. Fish are jumping and the cotton is high. Your daddy's rich and your mama's good -looking. Hush, little baby don't you cry.
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I think I was always a drama queen. I really, really, really loved playing pretend.
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If you slow things down, you notice things you hadn't seen before.
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As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time.
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A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.
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I don't feel as though I am under any pressure to return to Australia, given I won the PGA Championship, and I am just hoping everyone back home will understand my situation. I just want to make sure I am there for Ellie and that she has my support when she has our second child.
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I don't tend to go out that much.
