Henrik Ibsen Quotes
To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.
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I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I like to nurture talent and have it burst on the scene.
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I was sort of the class-clown type, and I was also in school plays, and I always liked comedy.
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I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.
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We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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I have visited Australia several times, and I always try to make a point of going to Melbourne because it's almost my favorite city there, Melbourne and Sydney. But I shouldn't say that because I haven't been everywhere-and I'm very fond of Perth too!
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It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners, people will like you.
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I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
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I was in a convent for a year.
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And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.
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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
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When I was 18, I left Dublin and moved to Paris. I didn't speak French. I didn't know anyone. I felt like a fish out of water.
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A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.
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Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I can do better.
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Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own sake.
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Sometimes you have to take a half step back to take two forward.
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Judicial execution can never cancel or remove the atrocity it seeks to punish; it can only add a second atrocity to the original one ... So long as one sees killing as wrong there is no need to waste time with the deterrent argument, since it would be nonsense to try to prevent a theoretical evil in the future by perpetrating an actual one in the present.
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Every single thing in the world that was made by anyone started with an idea. So to catch one that is powerful enough to fall in love with, it is one of the most beautiful experiences. It's like being jolted with electricity and knowledge at the same time.
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One of the nice things about acting is that it allows you to open up to the other people within you.
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The smithy was also used for welding. Everything was hot-welded in those days; there was no such process as oxy-welding.
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To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.
