Jude Law (David Jude Heyworth Law) Quotes
My goal was always to be recognized as a good actor but no one was interested in that, simply because society just wants to warm towards your appearance. This is the great blemish of society.
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I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool.
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DMs are a lot like email - and should have the same privacy protections as a mailed letter.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.
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I don't have an MBA, and I didn't go to Yale. I'm not an academic person and wasn't a good student. Instead, I've been taught by some of the most inspiring people in the world.
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I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.
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If you're driving, and a cop is behind you, you automatically think they're going to pull you over, but cops have so much more going on than to think about pulling you over. The last thing a real cop wants to do is write a ticket. That's the truth.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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We saw simply distribution was changing, content, premium content, premium stars; we're going to be able to do more in the world as it evolves.
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Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
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I came to L.A. with confidence in my craft, and I was very offended when I didn't get a part. It took me awhile to understand that it is not always about your acting.
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So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The food is great. And the people are lovely. Not that I didn't love working in other glamorous locations like Downey, Detroit, Cleveland or Bulgaria... but, damn, it is fun to be Canadian.
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You can be romantically interested in someone and love them and still, I think, be really interested in things and a certain lifestyle that person might provide.
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When people don't get enough information, they make it up.
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When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.
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The American free market system is the greatest engine for prosperity and opportunity that the world has ever seen. Freedom works.
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What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are, and without that you might not exist. You could be nowhere at all.
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We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary.
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Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.
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Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with 'Highway,' there was something very subtle, yet something very influential. I intended 'Highway' to be the first film that I ever made. Didn't happen.
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I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play.
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For there are very few so foolish who would not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.
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I don't feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning.
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My goal was always to be recognized as a good actor but no one was interested in that, simply because society just wants to warm towards your appearance. This is the great blemish of society.
