Matthew Rhys Quotes
I've done a number of projects where people go, 'This is your breakthrough role,' so I've stopped thinking that.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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It has not been easy to wake up every single day at 6:30 in the morning to then head to the gym and start a full day of work. But you have to have that kind of dedication if you want to achieve the goals you have set for yourself.
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There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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Women are sacred.
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Love is also a very violent thing. Totally violent. Suddenly, you are, like, at this party your friends invite you to, and you meet this person, and your life is turned upside down, and the next day you can't stop thinking about them. That's violent. Hopefully, it's for the better, but it's a violent thing.
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No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
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I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
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To us, the value of a work lies in its newness: the invention of new forms, or a novel combination of old forms, the discovery of unknown worlds or the exploration of unfamiliar areas in worlds already discovered - revelations, surprises.
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There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!
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Honestly, some of the things that happen will absolutely shock people. It's very unlike what people think of Gilligan's Island...viewers will absolutely be entertained.
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I'm happy that Canadians are having a good debate about infrastructure, and not whether it's important but more how we're going to pay for it.
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I've done a number of projects where people go, 'This is your breakthrough role,' so I've stopped thinking that.
