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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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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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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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
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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 think any actor hopes to have variety and range in what they do. Everybody has a certain range, so you take on roles to expand that the best you can... See things a little differently and whatnot.
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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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Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life.
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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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None can be more negative in its impact than the limitation on human resource capacity.
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No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang.
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I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.
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I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
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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.
