Rachel Joyce Quotes
I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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I think that one of the primary roles of an attorney, and certainly we try to teach it here to our students, is that you counsel compliance with the law. The lawyer, more than simply being a mouthpiece for the client and advocating at whatever cost the client's interest, is also an officer of the court in questions that appear before the court.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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You go down South, and they're quirky; they have culture, and it's not uniformly true of our country. Our country has gotten a little blanded out, big sections of it. Even if you disagree with the politics, you have to appreciate the cuisine, the music, the literature.
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The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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My dad was really complex, and I was raised by that. My mom is really bright - very book bright - and so those things collide... I learned that I could put all of that stuff together in the world of acting, and I could make a dollar at it.
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
Ford Frick
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In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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We need to send Barack Obama back to Chicago. I'd like to send him back to Kenya, back to Indonesia. We have to unmask this man. This is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of God. And I will tell you what, this is classical Marxist philosophy.
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The writer of 'The Red Road,' Aaron Guzikowski, deserves the credit. The fact that the dialogue is so understated is what makes this show so appealing, especially as an actor.
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I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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Where I've been hasn't influenced my music. It's more what I listen to. You can find music everywhere, so moving hasn't really influenced my music, more me as a person.
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I would just like to say something to all the women out there. You're not the only one that's probably going through something, so I feel as though if one person speaks up, maybe it - hopefully - will be a domino effect.
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The people in Iowa know that Washington isn't working. It's devolved into partisan politics and a lot of gridlock and obstruction.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
