Brian Acton Quotes
The phone is one hundred, one hundred and ten years old. There was a middle period where the government had a broad ability to surveil, but if you look at human history in total, people evolved and civilizations evolved with private conversations and private speech.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD.
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I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.
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The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!
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Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!
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I think 'The Walking Dead' is very interestingly paced. It's slow, almost like an old Western. It's also very stylised - visually, I think it's very pretty. It's more of a psychological drama than anything else.
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There were a lot of offers before 'Vicky Donor,' but I wanted to wait for the right opportunity.
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My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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When you do take the home pregnancy test, it doesn't quite seem real. But when you see the baby and the heartbeat on the ultrasound, it's so incredible.
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Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
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I have over a hundred clocks. I've got fancy clocks and clocks from all over the world that people made for me.
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I like 'My So-Called Life' and the 'Riot Grrl Movement' and 'Freaks and Geeks.'
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The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.
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I want to feel good, I want to feel proud, I want to feel that I give someone enough and that I get enough.
Nastassja Kinski
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In anger-management training, they teach you never to hit a person - hit an object. That's what they teach you.
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There are definitely things about 'Legendary Child' that echo the music we did earlier in our career. It's got the right stuff.
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If you ask people what they've always wanted to do, most people haven't done it. That breaks my heart.
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Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.
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You automatically are trusting because not only is the person a friend, they are so incredibly gifted that you know someone is going to be able to hit the ball back to you across the net.
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The phone is one hundred, one hundred and ten years old. There was a middle period where the government had a broad ability to surveil, but if you look at human history in total, people evolved and civilizations evolved with private conversations and private speech.
