Ian Holm Quotes
It's not easy to shout against real elements. The elements are big, and the human voice is very small.
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If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.
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Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.
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The Internet has turned the world into one gigantic linked community, capable of instantly sharing vast amounts of incorrect information.
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Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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I continue to be very shy. I think a lot of actors and performers are really weird, shy people working it out onstage. I don't know why that is.
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The relationship between ARMgold and Harmony continues to develop and grow.
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Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it means that I don't really understand what 'perfect' is.
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
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We invite American companies looking to raise capital to list on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. The region has a liquidity oversupply approximating $1 trillion and this pool of capital can be tapped into by creative American companies. The next Facebook may very well get funded on the BSE.
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The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their hearts, nothing can isolate them - neither prison walls nor the sod of cemeteries. For a single memory, a single spirit, a single idea, a single conscience, a single dignity will sustain them all.
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There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.
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Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.
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Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow.
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Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.
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I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.
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With each assignment, I weigh the looming possibility of being killed, and I chastise myself for allowing fear to hinder me. War photographers aren't supposed to get scared.
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When I was a teacher, I'd walk into the classroom. I stood at the board. I was the man. I directed operations. I was an intellectual and artistic and moral traffic cop, and I - and I would direct the class, most of the time.
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Through the triumphs there has come a greater confidence and through the challenges has come a greater clarity of purpose.
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The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real.
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There is no country that has the best men.
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It's not easy to shout against real elements. The elements are big, and the human voice is very small.
