Jeremy Irons Quotes
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Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.
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I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.
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We have this historic problem that we have a quarter of our population, the people of Quebec, who have never signed on to the Constitution. That can't go on forever.
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I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches.
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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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I've had problems with my throat over the years, playing with loud bands for years, and I've had bruised vocal chords and nodules.
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My first album was called 'Badlands,' and it's something that I think I'm most proud of having done in my life.
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I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.
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I'm a fan of books that are almost languorous in their storytelling. That is a little bit lost sometimes in the modern media that we have.
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City government can and must help San Franciscans prepare for emergencies in order to avoid tragedy where possible and minimize loss of life and property when emergencies occur.
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Batman is basically an ordinary guy who had something tragic happen to him when he was young.
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It's been quite the experience for two brothers who were Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, who had no idea that they were going to end up in the entertainment industry. To be where we are now, making features, TV shows and getting a hundred million views online is kind of an amazing thing.
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In 1930 I became a member of the Reichstag.
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'I think Kathaos fears no divine forces.''Then he’s a brave man.''Oh, men make their own gods,' Yannul remarked. 'I have a god with a fat belly, and a house full of expensive women to attend his every need, and I call him Yannul the Lan in Five Years from This.'
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Since when was genius found respectable?
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My parents were both born and raised in the Depression. They instilled great values about integrity and the importance of hard work, and I've taken that with me to every job.
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Man seeks to learn, and man kills himself because of the loss of cohesion in his religious society; he does not kill himself because of his learning. It is certainly not the learning he acquires that disorganizes religion; but the desire for knowledge wakens because religion becomes disorganized.
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My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full and significant.
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I haven't modelled since I was 12 - that was a one-time thing, and I did it as a kid to make a little money to save up for university. Acting is my first love as well as writing and eventually producing and directing.
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My father was an athlete, a great athlete, fought in the Marines in World War I. He was all sports and activity. My mother was all academics. I still have the complete works of Shakespeare that she had.
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Truman's name will for ever be associated with the memory of far-sighted American leadership in a great global endeavour. And you will see that every one of my five lessons brings me to the conclusion that such leadership is no less sorely needed now than it was 60 years ago.
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The problem of reconciling human suffering with the existence of a God who loves, is only insoluble so long as we attach a trivial meaning to the word "love."
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I don't like rules.
