Mel Gibson (Mel Colmcille Gerard Gibson) Quotes
I was spiritually bankrupt, and when that happens, it's like a spiritual cancer afflicts you.
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A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens.
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
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'Henry V' is a great deal more than almost any other hell-bent-for-armor movie that you've seen.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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I don't know how it started but someone must have noticed I was always chewing tobacco or smoking a pipe.
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I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.
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Botox not only helps with wrinkles, it actually makes you feel more relaxed as frowning causes tension.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
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I never thought about money; otherwise, I would have left aged 26 when Real Madrid and Barcelona wanted me.
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People want to help me. They want the best for me. I always say thank you to people when they try that. I never get mad.
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The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.
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If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves.
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Lying in the political sphere has gotten out of hand, and because people tend to dismiss things that challenge their preconceived notions of the world, fact checkers can only play a small part in remedying the problem.
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I booked my first series when I was 13. Acting kind of took control because I was just going from part to part at that point.
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Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start.
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My junior high was dreadful. I see a lot of my fellow alumni on America's Most Wanted.
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Unstable conditionA symptom of lifeIn mental and environmental changeAtmospheric disturbanceThe feverish fluxOf human interface and interchange - Vital Signs (1981)
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The Full Monty, ah, it's superb. The Full Monty showed how life really is in certain cities of England.
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The acting came about because of a girl. I was 19 and met a girl who wanted to go to the premiere drama school in Australia, the National Institute of Dramatic Arts, where Mel Gibson, Cate Blanchett and many others went. She had an audition, and I went with her for moral support - to cheer her on. I did an audition my way, and it kept going.
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Annoying mishaps always seem to cluster around times of spiritual fruitfulness. That’s not exactly coincidence.
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I was spiritually bankrupt, and when that happens, it's like a spiritual cancer afflicts you.
