Brian O'Driscoll Quotes
In your mid-20s, you think you'll go on for eternity. Then a point comes where you realise that's not going to be the case.
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There's an interesting contrast between born Catholics and converts. Converts are often much more rule-directed. Catholicism isn't something that they breathed in from their childhood, so they think that if you don't toe the line on abstract doctrine you can't be part of the Church.
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Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
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I think that a woman wears so many hats, we have so many aspects to us that we're not just one thing. We represent so much within us and that kind of comes across for me as a designer through mixing prints and colors.
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I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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I try to choose the projects that I think are the most well-written and well-executed, and the rest of it is so beyond my control to be almost not worth thinking about at all.
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My grandfather was an autoworker, and I have a weapon he manufactured to protect himself from the company that he would carry to work. It's a big iron pipe with a hunk of lead on the head. I think about how far we've come as companies from those days, where workers had to protect themselves from the company.
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I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.
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Yes, I mean, I used to be into the big bulk thing, and that's why my legs look like those of a cyclist instead of a shooter's, but I think there is a point to where too much is not a good thing. I think I try to lower my center of gravity by doing a lot of legs.
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I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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I'm going to start a new career as a singer, I think. I'm going to go the way of Russell Crowe.
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I think Steve Jobs is a historic figure. He's not only a historic figure in business, but really in America.
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I have always been interested in having people fall into the image and be aware of their reaction first, and then think about the style.
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I had an indie pop phase, I had just about every phase you could think of.
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Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay more attention to the character that I'm going to play and what they do.
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I developed an optical lure that imitates certain types of bioluminescent displays that I think might be attractive to large predators. The other way to do it is just use dead bait, but I think dead bait attracts scavengers, and we wanted to attract active predators.
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I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some big mistakes globally with how we're developing, and we deal with that guilt by creating these very dystopian futures in films.
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Around the world, when China has good results, people always think something bad.
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You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.
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I am somebody who focuses on a dialogue between generations - that's the drive of my work. I believe the young generation take the power; they'll take over at one point, but the older generation, they'll push it away only because of the fear. I'm the opposite; I'm curious.
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Being published in Arabic is a strong and consistent wish I have. I live in the Middle East and want to be in some sort of an unpragmatic dialogue with my neighbors.
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In your mid-20s, you think you'll go on for eternity. Then a point comes where you realise that's not going to be the case.
