George Bernard Shaw Quotes
I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.
Quotes to Explore
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The high-grossing films are not all that interesting to me, I have to say. It's not stuff I would want to be in. Yes, you would want the big paycheck, but that's never really been my concern.
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It's really important to me that the public have confidence in their criminal justice system. We don't operate very well if the public doesn't trust us.
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For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
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My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments.
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I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.
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I'm a notorious late-night texter. I seem to use a lot of lip, heart, and tongue emoji.
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The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned.
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As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.
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I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds.
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When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's about other people.
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Music is the only passion I shamelessly indulge in. However, for recreation I enjoy watching movies. 'Wizard of Oz' was the first film I ever saw, followed by the 'Bond' movies. I also watch a lot of World cinema through DVDs mostly brought by one of my best friends who's now based in Toronto.
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The safest nuclear power or energy policy is to realize 'zero nuclear power.'
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Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?
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Some people have theorized that I lurched to prove myself intellectually. But it was not any lurch. It was more a kind of awakening.
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I was fooling everyone by surrounding myself with funny people. But then I put myself out there - writing my own sketches, going on stage with nobody surrounding me - and for some reason people were still laughing.
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My managers understood that when I sulk, they talk to me. It's a way for me to be heard.
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I just don't want to do crap movies, man, because I just love that I can get up and talk about them and talk to journalists about stuff that I'm really proud of.
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Black America now has the power to achieve economic inclusion, which we rightfully deserve because we built this country. This is a conversation that white America doesn't really want to have.
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Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes instantly.
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They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.
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I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.
