Jeremy Irons Quotes
Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.
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We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards in number.
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In terms of my involvement in 'don't ask, don't tell' and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools - these are all things that arise out of my relationship with the world and with my fans.
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I always separated sports and my personal life.
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I've been snowboarding my whole life. My wife's really good, and I just try to keep up with her.
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I'd rather have people really be able to step back and get their money's worth and look at me as a true artist than somebody who is just regurgitating other material.
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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When you discover first love as a teenager, your whole life revolves around it and you open yourself up to it.
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Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
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Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.
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Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can.
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But when I was a teenager, the idea of spending the rest of my life in a factory was real depressing. So the idea that I could become a musician opened up some possibilities I didn't see otherwise.
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I've always had a way with a gun. As a kid, I loved to fire them at the shooting range in amusement parks. I'd always return home with a handful of prizes.
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You can't help but be in awe of the athletic abilities of the WWE Superstars.
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I have never intimidated the masses... I only intimidate corrupt officials.
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I know the joy of skating on a clear cold day. I know the joy of getting off a perfect drive in golf. I know the delight of a fine meal after a long walk. These are real and wholesome, but all of them put together can not approach the thrill of ridding yourself of fear!
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The 'Great Walk to Beijing' was a fundraiser for my cancer center. It was a three-week trek with fellow cancer 'thrivers,' including celebrities ranging from Joan Rivers to Leeza Gibbons and Olympians.
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Maybe in the future, you'll be able to understand what I'm saying. I'm going more for an atmospheric vibe in my songs. And I really don't want to ruin the illusions people may create for themselves.
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Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
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From the kids on the neighborhood Stag Athletic Club baseball team on the Hill. We went to a movie one afternoon, and there was one of those yogi characters in the picture. Coming out of the joint, one of the kids looked at me, started laughing, and said: 'Hey, Berra walks just like that yogi in the movie.' I've been Yogi ever since.
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The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, "Why?" and sometimes he thought, "Wherefore?" and sometimes he thought, "Inasmuch as which?" and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about.
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To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.
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People see me on the street, and they point to me, and they're like, 'Hey! All right, all right, all right!'
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I've often stopped working for long periods.
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Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.
