Matthew Rhys Quotes
I lost a dear friend of mine from a rugby injury at 26. We don't usually deal with mortality at that early age and it's given me an appreciation of time, of trying to fit everything in.
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.
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I've never been able to relate to apathy. I've always been doing stuff, been in action, making music or working just to get by.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden.
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I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning and go out in the alley because I just knew that the paper-towel roll I threw in the recycling bin was uncomfortable, like it was lying the wrong way, and I would be down in the garbage.
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I'm such a boots-jeans-tops-blazer girl.
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In the history of pilot reports, 'Seinfeld' has got to be one of the worst of all time.
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While I started out with a vague understanding that diversity would be important, my own observations have led me to realize that achieving greater levels of diversity is in fact vital to our long-term success.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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If I leave this sport, I think life will stop.
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Whenever I have tried to write for other people, that's when my writing has failed, when nobody wanted to read it or buy it. But it's only when I've been able to write a story that makes me excited, only then have other people wanted to read it.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
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I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money.
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I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.
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Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.
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Shopping turns me off.
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To be interested in short stories, you have to be interested in fiction as an art form.
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Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.
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The old often envy the young; when they do, they are apt to treat them cruelly.
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If you are planning to save the planet, it will not be Tesla that will do it, since only a finite number of people can afford to buy one, even a $35,000 Model 3.
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I lost a dear friend of mine from a rugby injury at 26. We don't usually deal with mortality at that early age and it's given me an appreciation of time, of trying to fit everything in.
