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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Defending Congressional authority should not be a partisan issue.
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'What harm have the trees done them?' he said. 'Must they punish the grass for their own faults? Men are savages, who would set a land afire because they have a quarrel with other men.'
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In one sentence, I'd describe myself as indescribable. But, I wouldn't end it with a period. I'd end it with three dots.
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If I'm blessed enough to have financial freedom in this world, my family is the ones I owe thanks to first.
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I think umpires have too much power, without any system of checks and balances and the more money a player makes, the more the umpire tries to show off that power to him. Unfortunately, since I signed my contract my strike zone has suddenly become a lot larger.
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No tin-hat brigade of goose-stepping vigilantes or bibble-babbling mob of blackguarding and corporation paid scoundrels will prevent the onward march of labor, or divert its purpose to play its natural and rational part in the development of the economic, political and social life of our nation.
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I'm not the religious-conspiracy-theorist go-to guy, particularly. But I think it's really kind of silly to try to equate birds falling out of the sky with some kind of an end-times theory.
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I'm a little smarter than most.
