James Nesbitt Quotes
My agent Sue realised after 'Cold Feet' that I could have spent the rest of my life doing similar roles. So she was instrumental in moving me away from that.
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way.
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America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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I don't really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
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My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.
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I think scary movies work best when they're relatable, and I think one of the scariest things to young people now is bullying. Either doing it, being on the other end of it, being caught doing it.
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I made myself memorize how to spell antidisestablishmentarianism in under 3 seconds when I was 6 years old because my sister told me it was the longest word she knew.
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I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down.
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Hockey is an amazing sport and it has definitely had a positive impact on my life. But my dad always said school comes first, and if I didn't do well in school I didn't get to play hockey.
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My agent Sue realised after 'Cold Feet' that I could have spent the rest of my life doing similar roles. So she was instrumental in moving me away from that.
