Jonathan Pryce Quotes
I live a very ordinary life. The rare awards ceremonies I go to are quite fun, because I can enjoy the irony of one minute walking to the tube, and the next being driven along the same stretch of road in a limo.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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I use a Bruce Lee technique: 'The way of no way.' He had the idea that he would learn everything, so that whoever he had to fight, he could improvise anything. The best way of starting a gig is just to not think of anything - to clear your mind, not in an empty Zen state, but more just to go on and see where you go.
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Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.
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We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.
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We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. For us, given our power, fight was the only response we could imagine.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy.
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Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.
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If I had to give you one piece of advice, it would be this: don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions.
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We hope to get to the place where there are thousands of Peugeot cars on the road running nuTonomy software.
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Look for an occupation that you like, and you will not need to labor for a single day in your life.
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When I played Robert Howard in 'The Whole Wide World', I was struggling with it. There's this dual thing where you feel real good about being able to play this juicy part, and then there's constant shame: 'Who am I to pretend to know who this guy was? Who am I to represent this guy for people who never knew him?'
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Depression is a choice.
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I live a very ordinary life. The rare awards ceremonies I go to are quite fun, because I can enjoy the irony of one minute walking to the tube, and the next being driven along the same stretch of road in a limo.
