James Nesbitt Quotes
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I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate.
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I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
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When it's those division games, that's when it gets ramped up for me.
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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I'd feel guilty just doing gags.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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Going out and looking for managers is like going out and looking for rattlesnakes.
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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
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It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.
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Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.
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I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.
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I wonder, 'Why did I do that line that way?' And I also constantly think I'm fat and hate my teeth. But I've gotten better over the years. I've started to accept.
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Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.
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We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
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I couldn't believe that Donald Trump won. I couldn't believe that we elected an orangutan to front the country.
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And then we watched an amazing number of movies from the late '60s and '70s, which is my favorite time, and we studied their camera movements, their stocks, the way they lit stuff, the colors they used.
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We once believed we were auteurs, but we weren't. We had no idea, really. Film is over. It's sad nobody is really exploring it. But what to do? And anyway, with mobile phones and everything, everyone is now an auteur.
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That's what fashion is supposed to do to you, it's supposed to make you happy, make you excited, make you feel good.
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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The law has no claim to human respect. It has no civilizing mission; its only purpose is to protect exploitation.
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I'm an actor, learning lines and saying them in the right order.
