Joseph Fiennes Quotes
I think everyone around me played a part in raising me; there isn't one individual I could pick out - it was more a case of it taking the whole village to raise the child.
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Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.
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I am confident that, as elected officials, we can work together with religious, business and civic leaders, as well as the LGBT community, to develop policies that treat all people with dignity and respect.
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A real totalitarianism is at work in the world and wants to impose its views not only on Arab Muslims, but on the West. The same way that they veil women, Islamic radicals want to veil cartoons in the press.
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In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.
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I've been a closet lover of faux-reality TV since 'The Hills'. It's bad.
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Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.
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A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.
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I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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Film and television are so piecemeal. You do one scene, and then you put it to bed, and then you do a scene that comes before. In a play, you have to go from beginning to end every night, and that's harder, but also more fulfilling in a way.
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I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.
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Personally, I always find it especially piquant when cultural conservatives, usually quick to profess their devotion to the Free Market, rail against the success in said market of some product of which they disapprove.
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There are many unidentified bands in the spectra of stars. Wide bands are produced by some complex molecules in the interstellar space.
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Any acting is a stretch of the imagination. That's your job. Acting is truth in imaginary circumstances. Acting with green screen or a motion capture stage, you're striving for absolute truth in absolutely imaginary circumstances.
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I wanted to reveal how genetic code is translated into protein. I knew a great application could be for antibiotics, since half of the useful ones target the ribosomes, but I didn't believe I could contribute to it. It was like the next Mount Everest to conquer. It was my dream to contribute something to humanity.
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Balthazar has a great New York vibe with the accent of a Parisian brasserie. I usually have the corned beef hash with a fried egg on top and wash it all down with Krug Champagne.
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A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.
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I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.
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In 'Rocky' and 'Paradise Alley,' my dad played very expressive characters, and he was out there.
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Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that's what separates the legends from the regular artists. It's all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who play on sessions.
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I've had projects before where everyone says 'This is going to be the big thing,' and it doesn't really turn out to be. Then there is a little project you do and forget about, and then it comes out, and it's huge.
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I think everyone around me played a part in raising me; there isn't one individual I could pick out - it was more a case of it taking the whole village to raise the child.
