Ephraim Mirvis Quotes
Ethics, politics and psychology are all far more difficult to understand now that we know the depths to which human nature can sink.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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We were descended from royalty.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.
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Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford them. Now I can so I've been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they'll be worth a lot of money.
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I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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I played a nerdy guy on 'CSI: NY' for nine years. I want to be bad for a while. I want to be really, really bad.
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I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam.
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I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified.
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You wouldn't expect a Christian character to be an Indie rocker guy.
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One thing that has made us so successful is that we've never taken outside investment. That means we can concentrate on what our customers want - not what the stockholders or the VCs want.
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The fans sing my name around the world. When I meet fans, they ask, 'How are you? All good with your family?'
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There's a science fiction project we really want to make, but it's very expensive. Hopefully it will happen.
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When I was a child, I was certain that I could remember what it was like to live on Venus; I could remember what it was like to live in the American Plains. I could remember. And it's ancient memory. We all have it. It's just that some of us access it more than others.
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Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs has kept me using exclusively 35 mm.
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He was smiling. It was one of those sincere smiles grown-ups give kids when they’re trying to get them in arm’s reach for something bad. Doctors smile that way right before they give you a shot; teachers look the same just before they tell you they found out what you did. The Big Bad Wolf probably smiled at Red Riding Hood like that when he was pretending to be her grandma. Despite all my mother’s flaws including her mean streak, I never once saw that travesty of an expression on her face.
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Ethics, politics and psychology are all far more difficult to understand now that we know the depths to which human nature can sink.
