James D'arcy Quotes
The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning, finish at the end, and tell everything in between. Modelling is just an image.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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Acting is the most insecure profession in the world - you're insecure if you're successful, you're insecure if you're not. A tightrope walk without a net. It's a miracle I'm still standing!
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I don't want to subject myself just to one scheme. I think it's just if you can play, you can play no matter what scheme you play in.
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Genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are feared and hated by environmentalists and the public alike. Yet the scientific assessment of GMOs is remarkably different. Every major scientific evaluation of GMO technology has concluded that GMOs are safe for human consumption and are a benefit to the environment.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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I got a psychology degree from USC, but music is just my whole life.
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Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.
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I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.
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Children teach you so much. You take another look at life when you have a child. Everything is new again for you. They ground you.
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If you're in a ditch, and you're looking down, you can see where you're going but you can't see the way out.
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I am able to talk about my life in a way that helps other women - and men, but mostly women - understand their own life. I feel real proud of that. And then the fact that my children are okay. You know, you're only as happy as your least happy child. So if your kids aren't okay, you're not good.
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We were all crazy about music and almost all the money we had, we spent for equipment.
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Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
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The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.
