Dominic West Quotes
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In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.
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I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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I've been things and seen places.
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Business today consists in persuading crowds.
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There are many guys out there who look like me - you know, brunettes with long hair. There are thousands. But I think the difference is that I am a real polo player, who does endorsements for Ralph Lauren on the side, and I've always looked at it that way.
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The science of operations, as derived from mathematics more especially, is a science of itself, and has its own abstract truth and value.
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The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
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It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.
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I've been very lucky and been able to work, as an actress, but I'm definitely a working actress. I get a script, I audition, and then I pray.
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Since I was 15 years old I have dedicated my life to serving women.
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Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity.
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No matter what, I've always been an optimistic person.
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I'm still swimming.
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Pretty much anybody who's ever worked can relate to our show.
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On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance orders that they believed to be illegal.
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The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
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The characters in my stories all have quite loud lives in my head. It's a relief to get them on the page. Often they come from people I've noticed or overheard - but that is only a part of them. It's only by writing that I discover who these people really are.
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Listen - God only exists in people's minds. Especially in Japan, God's always been kind of a flexible concept. Look at what happened after the war. Douglas MacArthur ordered the divine emperor to quit being God, and he did, making a speech saying he was just an ordinary person. So after 1946 he wasn't God anymore. That's what Japanese gods are like--they can be tweaked and adjusted. Some American comping on a cheap pipe gives the order and presto change-o--God's no longer God. A very postmodern kind of thing. If you think God's there, He is. If you don't, He isn't.
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I was never at my best when I was at my worst. When I did do good stuff in the past, it was because I was able to transcend the parts of my being that weren't healthy.
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I may, however, begin riding again when I am 60.
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I'm a rather crude cook.
