Jamie Dornan Quotes
People attach too much to the idea of being a model, that you can only be a certain way to have done it. You will always be dealing with it. You're an actor who used to be a model who never trained; there are not many directors queuing up.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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Make that extra effort for every relationship. Whether it's with your parents, your children, your husband or your friends. It makes a difference to them. I try to give my kids a lot of solo time where I play with them, talk to them, listen to them. Similarly, you give time for your workout. You slot a time for it, no matter what.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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My health is fine.
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I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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'What's My Line' 1971 was a magical experience as I was still in my teens, and it was my first appearance. You know how they say you never forget 'your first'!
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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I train as hard as I can every time I train and I do extra training every day and I've done that since I was a young boy.
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I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.
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I am devoted to my husband and son. I am devoted to the practices and rituals that imbue our lives with a sense of meaning and purpose, that help me to live my days in the most emotionally and intellectually productive manner. I am devoted to the idea of devotion itself.
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Science does not limit itself merely to what is currently verifiable. But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable).
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Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister; it should be the main pursuit of every true believer.
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Most people lose their natural creativity at about five or six - but not me.
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I try to get people to see what I have. . . . When you run a computer company, you have to get people to buy into your dreams.
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People attach too much to the idea of being a model, that you can only be a certain way to have done it. You will always be dealing with it. You're an actor who used to be a model who never trained; there are not many directors queuing up.
