John Gielgud Quotes
Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.
Quotes to Explore
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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I eat lots of vegetables and green juices.
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No one ever tells a story to help you figure out where to go when a door closes on you.
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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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Defending peace is the duty of all.
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I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling.
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I can say with a level of confidence that Islam is not a religion of war, only because the majority of Muslims don't subscribe to that perspective, not because there's something inherent in the text that tells me it's a religion of peace.
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A lot of the music I write is about love. Sometimes I won't understand how I am feeling until I write a song about it.
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Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
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I think things can surprise you. I mean, I loved Instagram from the minute it started, but I think it surprised a lot of people how quickly it got huge.
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I'm over it. You strive to win a Super Bowl and you do everything you can to get there. But being in the Hall of Fame, you never play for that honor. It's incredible.
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It seems to me an indictment of the Republican Party that if you talk about issues of poverty and upward mobility, people assume you're a Democrat.
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I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move... We have seen the barbaric situation of the 21st century in Swat. So why should I be afraid now?
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People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.
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Everything can be going well, but if I'm not writing, I'm not happy. When I'm writing well, I'm like a different person.
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For ultimately, the only way to win wars, is to prevent them occurring in the first place.
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I've been having a lot of fun exploring different aspects of filmmaking, like writing and producing. There isn't a specific plan and I usually don't know what's going to be the next thing I do.
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Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
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I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period that's epic and tragic.
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Being a former engineer, you learn to always go back, study yourself, see what you could've done differently, see what you could've said.
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I've always liked Southeast Asia a lot. It's a wonderful place, an easy place. People are great, there's a lot of history and culture, and I like the serenity of Buddhism there. It's very beautiful. I find that to be a very nice place to visit.
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Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.
