Jason O'Mara Quotes
Sometimes the things that scare me are the things I'm drawn to: moving to London, L.A., New York; marrying, having a kid. In order to live a full life, sometimes you have to do things that scare you.
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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The line between private and public lives is a fertile one for me. I've lived quite a public life, and it's the reason I have used well-known people in my work. I'm interested in what's going on beneath the facades they present to the world, taking them to a place which is uncomfortable.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
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I think the attraction to Israeli women stems from the fact that we're exotic and the fact that there are many talented and beautiful women in Israel. I think that there is also greater awareness of Israel than before in the movie industry.
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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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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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A rich, robust, well-resourced public education is one of the best routes out of poverty and a pathway to prosperity.
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I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.
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I wanted to get a cropped hairdo, but Sreenu Vaitla loves my look in 'Chiruta,' so he suggested that I keep the long hair.
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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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The only times I'm not relaxed are when I haven't got a project on the go.
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I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.
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I get a lot of people telling me that I'd make a good 'wacky neighbor.' I wouldn't mind that, if it was a starting-off point.
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I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show.
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A poet is a good citizen turned inside out.
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Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.
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I get most of my news from the Jon Stewart Daily Show. It's the most level commentary you can find. You have to laugh, because it's all so true. It's the closest thing to a counterculture.
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I've been doing my big theater projects, which take years, and writing a song here and there.
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An atomic Iran is imminent … mullahs may have bomb by June.
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Sometimes the things that scare me are the things I'm drawn to: moving to London, L.A., New York; marrying, having a kid. In order to live a full life, sometimes you have to do things that scare you.
