Simon Mawer Quotes
You can tell nothing from a man's appearance, nothing except the depths of your own prejudice.
Quotes to Explore
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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I don't know what the future is, but you just do it whilst it's there, don't you?
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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I've always been into sports and yoga and running. I actually study a martial arts self-defense program called Krav Maga. I can't quite say it's easy, but it's fun for me and I love to do it.
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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I'm no producer's kid.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.
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We are now living in a fast paced technological era where every skill that we teach our children becomes obsolete in the 10 to 15 years due to exponentially growing technological advances.
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I'm a slow starter.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple.
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I want to move to a world of no nuclear weapons but I want to do that through multilateral disarmament so that we all disarm together.
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The imperial province should have a university, the prefectures should have colleges, and the counties should have day schools.
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I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
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When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.
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We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
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Eid is here! On the first day, it is a custom for all Malaysian Muslims to ask for forgiveness from our parents. We kiss their hands and wish them 'Selamat Hari Raya' or 'Eid Mubarak.' 'Maaf Zahir dan Batin' means 'to apologize in spirit and actions.'
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'Green' cannot be allowed to become an excuse for stealth taxes. And nor should 'green taxes' be about punishment. Instead, they should represent a switch of emphasis. So if domestic flights are taxed, it should be on the absolute condition that the money is ploughed into improving the alternatives, such as trains.
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With 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get.
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Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it - his mind, his body, his heart - what's life worth to him?
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You can tell nothing from a man's appearance, nothing except the depths of your own prejudice.
