Henrik Ibsen Quotes
Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
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A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the 'bis' in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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Everything in life has a price on it - there ain't a damn thing free in America, and football has got a price on it.
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'Entity' is not about science. The process behind it may dictate the nature of the piece, but it's not like a dance about Einstein where I'm trying to convert his ideas into movement and communicate that to an audience.
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Abuse is the means in which violence retards love.
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I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
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If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.
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I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.
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I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
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People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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I am writing a book more improbable than 'The Interrogative Mood' that I call 'Manifesto'. It's two guys talking who speak artificially conveniently.
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As a male designer, you always need a woman's touch.
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People go down bad paths and they make bad decisions, but it's always justified in their head.
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In a way, my childhood was one long bunch of pages... I read and read and read.
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Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy.
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History is not Time; nor is evolution. They are both consequences. Time is a state: the flame in which there lives the salamander of the human soul.
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I think of myself as a character actor, compared to a straight actor. I know a character actor in England is pretty much the same as in the States; you're actually hired to put on terrible teeth and stuff like that.
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Ngila Dixon is such an incredible costume designer. She's such a cool, stylish woman. She has such an understanding of character.
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One of the joys of this show [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that each of those characters could be starring in their own show. It's only as the show goes on that you realize how they interconnect. They're all moving towards one another inexorably, to meet at a certain point.
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Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
