Jeremy Irons Quotes
The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're always asked to do what you've already done.
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I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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I love the script and I just thought it was a great role. Like I say, it's like this - the script is like this sad, funny, desperate love song to the lost American man.
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The biggest misconception people have about me is that when they see how young I am, they think, 'Oh, this guy must have always wanted to be in politics; his parents must have been politically connected.' I'm a finance major and always intended to go into business.
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I invited a group of students to my studio to expose them to both the creative and business sides of the fashion industry. It was fun because the group was so bright and full of curiosity. They asked really challenging questions about all aspects of the business and absorbed so much information so quickly.
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I wanted to inspire people not to work under a bamboo ceiling. Whatever you are - yellow, black, white, brown - you don't have to allow your skin to define who you are or how you operate your business. There's not one face to anything.
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All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.
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There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
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Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while.
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Every other day there's something - I'm dealing drugs, I'm starving people. I have never done a drug in my life.
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I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.
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This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how important the arts are - not just to those of us who work at it, but to the nation as a whole.
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I've always loved comic books, which is why I've done films like 'Hulk' and 'The Punishers.'
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Almost always, when we have fights in movies, they're done in these strange rooms where nothing gets broken. It's almost like they're in padded cells.
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Attributing to anything or anyone more good than God has attributed to them is not a positive move, nor does it mean that you have done them any good. A single grain of truth is preferable to a bumper harvest of false imaginings.
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There are things I've done in the past I'm not proud of - and I could talk about them if I wanted to - but I don't reveal my secrets... I prefer certain things to remain personal; there have to be boundaries. And I don't think you need a scandal to have an interesting story.
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When we stop running up huge budget deficits and start acting responsibly in Washington, we will provide small-business owners with the certainty they need to put Americans back to work.
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The beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it.
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If you want to work in engineering and to have an impact that's global, come work in the aerospace sector.
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The sublime is to approach the subject or wall with an attitude that is grand, noble, and in no way petty..
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Fame is a very unnatural human condition.
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The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're always asked to do what you've already done.
