Jeremy Irons Quotes
I do what I do because I like doing it. I'm well paid for it. I get far too much adulation compared with what it's worth.
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So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.
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My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.
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Each poem in becoming generates the laws by which it is generated: extensions of the laws to other poems never completely take.
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I got a part in a package of commercials for this big drugstore from the age of 6 to 10. For four years I shot those commercials, and old ladies would stop me on the street and grab my cheeks. That's how it started.
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
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Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
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If you're writing fantasy or science fiction, it's really hard to do if you don't know a lot, at least in a basic way, about how the real world works.
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He's this amazing ambassador for all superheroes. What we've made as a film not only examines that but is also an amazing adventure story. It's been an honor to work on. As a comic book fan, Superman is like the Rosetta Stone of all superheroes.
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With Facebook, you're not really allowed to be unhappy. Think about it: There's only a like button. Yes, you can be angry, but it's only lighthearted rage. On Reddit, perhaps because you can be anonymous, people are willing to be openly sad or angry. They are more honest.
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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
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I always had confidence in my game.
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When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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About 20 percent of the genetic information in your nose doesn't match anything that we've ever seen before.
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Who doesn't love a funny girl who can look sexy at the same time?
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Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong.
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In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it.
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Water boarding: Is that like snowboarding?! 12.
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One can derive the same fun from print-making as from making mud pies and great subtlety can be achieved through the use of transparent inks, half-tone screens and even accidental colour combinations, which is often where the art hides.
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Literally, we haven’t played ‘Treatment Bound’ in years, so I’m sitting there writing the words for the second time in my life. The first time was when we did it and the second time is here, 30 years later.
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Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.
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Arizona is now recognized as a premier place in which to locate, expand and grow a business.
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I think I was a pretty selfish athlete.
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I got into rock music at thirteen, listening to Van Halen, learned how to play the electric guitar.
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I do what I do because I like doing it. I'm well paid for it. I get far too much adulation compared with what it's worth.
