John Rhys-Davies Quotes
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It really doesn't matter to me whether it's defensive end or linebacker. I just want to play the game of football. I've been working on linebacker drills since I got out to Fischer Sports in Phoenix.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.
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I'm a good guy. I love playing bad guys, but good guys that have a good thing going on, I like that, too. I don't like passive good guys.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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In this case, the particle formed has correspondingly less energy, whereas the product nucleus passes into the ground state with emission of the quantity of energy saved as gamma radiation.
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book.
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Musical theater is an American genre. It started really, in America, as a combination of jazz and operetta; most of the great musical theater writers in the golden era are American. I think that to do a musical is a very American thing to me.
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As far being the face of boxing, I don't like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.
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I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
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I came, I studied architecture in America, so my technical background's completely western. But my seventeen years, the formative years of one's life, and I can't say that the Chineseness in me is not there.
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There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood.
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People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should I lose my job 'cause I offended somebody? No, of course not. Your life should never be affected by public opinion.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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I must say that when we wanted to take up arms we approached numerous Western governments for assistance and we were never able to see any but the most junior ministers. When we visited Cuba we were received by the highest officials and were immediately offered whatever we wanted and needed. That was our earliest experience with Cuban internationalism.
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The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.
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It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.
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Western Christianised Europe has values and experience that is worth defending.
