Matthew Rhys Quotes
When I speak to people from Britain, that's when I feel like a fake, speaking with an American accent.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
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Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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Whenever you feel down, you can check on Twitter and feel better about yourself, because it's only people who like you.
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Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom, and you'll get answers like 'a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends, and for it to be way-cool and funky.' Ask parents the same question, and 'a locked door that opens on their 21st birthday' might top the list!
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If you want to talk about cultural appropriation, we have to go back to the Greeks.
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Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 P.M. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest time slot in cable news.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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I feel like, as a person of color, I've always been kind of doing the work against the tide.
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I don't think HBO would want to do anything in conjunction with Sub Pop but I never asked either.
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My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.
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I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.
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I grew up in the Fifties, and the majority of people in my class had fathers living at home. I was very aware that I was in the minority. I had a foreign name, and my daddy didn't come and pick me up from school. I felt like an outsider, which probably helped me as an actress.
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When I speak to people from Britain, that's when I feel like a fake, speaking with an American accent.
