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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At one point, we were across the street from the Sharon Tate house; at another, we lived in Elvis's old Bel Air bachelor pad. It was where he first met the Beatles.
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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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The human race is governed by its imagination.
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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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The real movie stars were Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Spencer Tracy, Montgomery Clift. How could I put myself in the same category as Clark Gable? Tom Cruise is a great movie star. Do I consider myself a movie star? I consider myself a guy with a good job, an interesting job.
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We're all going to make mistakes; they're inevitable. It's what you do after these mistakes that matters.
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The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt.
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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.
