Douglas Hodge Quotes
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We always regret that we did not ask our parents more, really get to know them while they were alive.
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There are wonderful restaurants in London. I love Indian food and I like Arab food, and I go very often to the Arab restaurant Noura.
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Rich Swann is probably the only guy who's more charismatic among this whole bunch than me, and I think it showed in our match.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.
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You see, I was never a big fan of contemporary movies because they always make actresses and actors look too perfect.
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There are so many things that come into writing a recipe, and it's really important if you're writing for home cooks to be cooking like you are at home.
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It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing.
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As a 14-year-old with anxiety, to have read about that in a book would have helped me so much.
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I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer.
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I'm still me even after all that's happened.
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Ultimately, the goal of sanctions is to ratchet up the economic pressure on the Iranians to such a level that the regime determines it is simply too great to bear, and they are forced to weigh the decision to carry on their nuclear development and their illicit quest for nuclear weapons against the ever-growing pressure from their own people.
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My washing machine overwhelms me with its options and its sophistication.
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I've been writing since I was about thirteen but didn't start a book until 2007. I spent four years writing a sci-fi novel before I wrote 'The Bone Season' at nineteen.
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I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but it's not competitive like an election, it's the Olympics, it's not a Formula 1 race. The Billboard charts are just to show you what people like.
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I'm not a big fan of watching my matches.
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This is near enough true bliss.
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Paul Giamatti is truly one of my biggest inspirations, and even more so now that I've gotten to work with him. Every single thing he does, he completely transforms into it. When I watch a film with Paul in it, I'm not like, 'Oh, there's Paul.' I'm completely into whatever character he's in, and I'm not thinking about him as an actor.
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Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain. At its best, this music draws attention to complex dimensions of ghetto life ignored by most Americans. Indeed, gangsta rap's in-your-face style may do more to force America to confront crucial social problems than a million sermons or political speeches.
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I was trying to perform as best as possible. I was a boy at the time, but worked well with the sickle.
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I haven't watched telly for years.
