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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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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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 think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.
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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life.
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Maybe I don't have an accurate view of myself. For instance, I keep getting cast as 'The Beautiful Girl,' but I don't happen to think I'm beautiful.
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I always knew I didn't want kids, and I didn't want to get married.
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We are the first generation of human beings to have substantial insights into the origin of our cosmos and of human life in it.
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I entered this business before I had focus and purpose in my life. I was very unhappy, very unhealthy, and when I sat down for an interview, I didn't know why. I felt like I didn't have anything to share. It was a very empty time.
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But Carroll's were more convoluted, and they struck me as funny in a new way: 1) Babies are illogical. 2) Nobody is despised who can manage a crocodile. 3) Illogical persons are despised. Therefore, babies cannot manage crocodiles. And: 1) No interesting poems are unpopular among people of real taste. 2) No modern poetry is free from affectation. 3) All of your poems are on the subject of soap bubbles. 4) No affected poetry is popular among people of taste. 5) Only a modern poem would be on the subject of soap bubbles. Therefore, all your poems are uninteresting.
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When I speak to people from Britain, that's when I feel like a fake, speaking with an American accent.
