John Hurt Quotes
Essentially, I am an actor for hire. I am not a rarified creature. I do all these different things, and they all interest me.
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A reciprocal of a fraction is found by flipping it upside down. If you want the reciprocal of a mixed number or a whole number, just convert it to an improper fraction, and then flip it!
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Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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I like going to Japan where they treat it like a real sport. I like doing the entertainment stuff with the WWE. I really like doing the small venue stuff, like Ring of Honor, because everything is so intimate. There's different feelings and different experiences, and you have to be good at different things to do all of that.
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I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
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I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
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In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
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You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.
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I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.
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There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated.
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It's often out of my own insecurity. If I'm picky, it's for that reason. I want to be able to bring my best to the table. So if I'm not connecting to something, then I'm not gonna hold up my end of the bargain, and that's really embarrassing.
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Music is a very communal thing, and it's been cool to see how different cultures have resonated with our music. It's been an amazing process.
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What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.
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I jumped off a cliff backwards for 'I Am Number Four,' which was pretty cool. I'd never done that before. It took seven takes from different angles and luckily there were no injuries. I came close, though. My head nearly hit the rock at one point.
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I don't wear makeup when I'm home. I love taking a break from it.
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Well you know I'm very supportive of what the Tea Party is trying to do. They're very concerned with spending, the deficit, the bailouts, you know all of those kinds of things. But I really think that the strength of the Tea Party is being a grassroots movement.
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Essentially, I am an actor for hire. I am not a rarified creature. I do all these different things, and they all interest me.
