Sam Riley Quotes
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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For me, it's always been very essential to work on projects that one can work on almost for their entire life.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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When I was writing 'The Satanic Verses,' if you had asked me about the phenomenon that we all now know as radical Islam, I wouldn't have had much to say. As recently as the mid-1980s, it didn't seem to be a big deal.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that she was ashamed she had the same last name as I did, which will shock you a little bit.
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I'd started acting as a child. But I wanted to see if it was something my true personality was interested in. I stepped away from offers when I took five years off to go to college. I've only really just decided to whole-heartedly embrace acting.
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There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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I'm not super into sports.
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I cannot approach someone; I lack the confidence when it comes to the guy I desire. I'm very good when it comes to matchmaking and hooking others up. But I can't help my own cause.
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I'm a darned good listener.
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I'll get up at 5 or 6. I try to catch up on sleep on the weekends, so I'll try to get seven hours of sleep. During the week, my ideal is to go to bed at 9 and wake up six hours later.
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I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.
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Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of combat, whether in war or pugilism.
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Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood.
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As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then, many library card catalogues didn't even list 'homosexuality' as a topic.
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I actually think looking to the past for inspiration is pretty redundant.
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My mother's father was Jewish, so she was very conservative. She liked little, pretty music-orchestral-type things.
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I'm not the savior of men's tennis in America. I'm just a kid trying to win a few matches.
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I learned to stop looking on the Internet pretty early on.
