Max Irons Quotes
I can see why there's a misconception that it's easier when your parents are actors, but it doesn't work out at all. In fact, it's the reverse.
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Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a peace of mind because the main destroyer of a peaceful mind is anger.
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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I am a passionate civil libertarian.
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I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive.
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I can remember when I first went into the Himalayan area way back in 1951. Money, for instance, was not important at all to the local people. But now, finance has become just as important to them as it is to us, and this is a change maybe not for the better.
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You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
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I must stick with Chinese language films.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm really into destroying myths.
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A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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If longevity is the best index to measure a company, a basic requirement is the ability of the corporation to generate new and new leaders.
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Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named.
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Democracy will win - because a government’s legitimacy can only come from citizens; because in this age of information and empowerment, people want more control over their lives, not less; and because, more than any other form of government ever devised, only democracy, rooted in the sanctity of the individual, can deliver real progress.
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I played with local bands and ended up touring with Scissor Sisters, Mylo, Alphabeat, and Calvin Harris. That somehow changed into DJ'ing.
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Memory in Greek mythology is the mother of the muses, and it is so for me. Both personal and societal memory move me strongly, and that is one of the sources of my writing.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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I can be jailed again at any time, it is very easy. They can say I am a criminal and just lock me up.
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I can see why there's a misconception that it's easier when your parents are actors, but it doesn't work out at all. In fact, it's the reverse.
