James Joyce Quotes
Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.
Quotes to Explore
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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One day there were two out in the ninth, and I hit a pop fly so high that the fans got tired of waiting for it to come down. So they all went home and listened to it drop by turning on the radio.
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Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.
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I did have one bad accident up north near Deerhurst. I was driving back in the winter on these snowy roads, and these two snowmobilers were racing up a hill and they weren't looking, so they caught me as I was going up the other side of the hill, and they smashed into me.
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David Fincher's work has all been incredibly well-received on Netflix, and Kevin Spacey's films have all worked on Netflix.
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My perspective is the Earth will be here. It just may not be habitable to our life form. We get confused. We think we're the center of everything.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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I almost bought a DeLorean the other day just because. If I see something that I think is cool and I like it, I'll go for it.
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These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected.
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I was put on a pony as a kid at some birthday party when you're all led around.
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Having been on a private jet only two or three times, it's one of life's great luxuries.
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I look at the NFL and see how the transition has gone at quarterback. I might be coming along at a good time. For me personally, this is about doing the same thing I've been doing at USF - just smile, have fun, enjoy the experience, keep a positive attitude and encourage my teammates. I like to feed off the people around me.
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If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.
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When we make progress and get better at something, it is inherently motivating. In order for people to make progress, they have to get feedback and information on how they're doing.
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You can get beat any day.
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I think as I've gotten older, I've learned to look at life and take every day as it comes.
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I actually never liked writing on my own or in school until I'd had my blog for a while and realized I'd been writing every day for years.
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There was a time when I was offered two episodes of 'Alias,' that show with Jennifer Garner which J.J. Abrams did back before he became the mega producer and super successful director. I instead decided I wanted to play this family guy on a short-lived UPN 'Second Time Around.' It starred Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker.
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I've never been one to learn scales and do exercises. Maybe I'm lazy, but I just don't take to that kind of thing. Learning other people's songs is enjoyable, and my fingers tend to go to new places because I'm not playing my music, the stuff that comes naturally to me.
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I have seven children by six different mothers. Maybe success was too good to me.
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Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the fighter knows.
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Every act of self-discipline increases your confidence, trust, and belief in yourself and your abilities.
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Some actors actually think about what they're going to talk about during the interview - they read up and meditate and plan quotes and get all inspired. It's very smart, but it's so planned. I never think to do that.
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Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.
