James Nesbitt Quotes
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It is crucial that we develop real awareness of ourselves as citizens of Earth, linked by mutual and indissoluble bonds. When we clearly recognize this reality and ground ourselves in it, we are compelled to take a strict accounting of our way of life.
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The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add eight to 24 years to your life.
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Combining sounds that are from another universe with the classic songwriting structures never gets old for me.
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I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry.
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I do know what my first meal in the next world would be... Spaghetti Aglio e Olio, heavy on everything.
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It's probably an intellectual weakness, but I look at the stars, and I say, 'There's something bigger than us out there.'
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Love prefers twilight to daylight.
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The marathon always starts after 30K. That's where the problems start. You start without any problems, without any pain. All the pain comes after 30K. Sometimes, it's possible to have pain even in the finger.
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People really don't understand what actors do.
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Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in the picture.
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Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland.
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A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
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I do understand how hate eats at the soul and how to purge yourself of hate.
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The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting.
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You have a dramatic portion of your television program and you treat it dramatically, and then you have a comedic portion of your program, and you treat it differently. Why do you change who are between the two pieces? You're the same person. Just go.
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Coming to a team like the Spurs, you're automatically going to learn how to play the game the right way.
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It's a trap I've fallen into earlier in my career - trying to be liked. Don't do it. When I watch TV and I see someone trying to make me like them, acting cute or quirky or goofy, I'm not impressed. Don't act like America's watching you. Just latch onto your character. Characters are flawed. Be unlikeable. Be flawed. Be a person.
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Sometimes men tend to get a little shy, so if the woman wants to make the first move, go ahead!
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China is working on a similar system for its future carriers. Donald Trump may want to go back to 1920s-level technology, but the rest of the world isn't.
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I don't think I'll be doing a lot more commercials.
