John Rhys-Davies Quotes
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I know so many people who are so much better at it than I am, and I think I'm a goofier person rather than a serious, dramatic actress, so I probably belong in comedy.
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My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time.
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The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of.
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
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If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
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Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
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I did accents and funny voices for the family when I was growing up.
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If you are explaining, you are losing.
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Before we start filming, I have a strong idea of the look and the feel that I want to create, and I'm happy to explore any means that will help me achieve that.
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Whenever someone says something bad about you, just confront them on it and just be a man and own up to it. If you said something you shouldn t have said, and it's important to somebody you need to talk to, you need to go talk to them. Be a man. Step up.
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Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil and vice versa.
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When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.
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I visited the Pentagon a few days after September 11, and I still remember so vividly the smell of terror surrounding the entire building and complex. I was angry that such a brutal act of violence was committed against innocent people.
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You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
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There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone's likable.
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I'm an entrepreneur first and a wine critic second.
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I was once sitting on a tube, and someone was playing my song so loudly through their ear phones next to me. I just stayed silent and chuckled to myself.
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Defending Congressional authority should not be a partisan issue.
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An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
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I'm obsessed with that show 'Call The Midwife'. Although I had to take a break at a certain point in my pregnancy because every episode is about having babies.
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You could ask: Why are people attracted to narratives that justify the terrible things that we're doing to the planet? Why are people attracted to narratives of control and fear and hunting down the terrorists, and this uncaring attitude toward nature? These come from what I call the perceptions of separation and the experience of separation, the experience of alienation, the experience of scarcity and anxiety and competition, and a world in which everybody is out for themselves and nobody cares.
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Most people who write and publish poetry teach or do something else.
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I'm a little smarter than most.
