Andrew James Hartley (A. J. Hartley) Quotes
Priests might divide the world into good and bad. In battle there was strong and weak and nothing else.
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Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why - it's such an incredibly competitive market.
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
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I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
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When people are like, 'What do you think of this vampire craze?' - well, I don't really feel like it ever ended, personally, 'cause I've always been into them, like 'Underworld.'
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Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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Throughout history, the only way to secure a throne has been with a phalanx of children - nine for Victoria, 13 for George III.
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Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.
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The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.
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He was trained as a dancer, and he had both a dancer's body and a dancer's capacity. He incarnated for me the most appealing and tragic aspects of American lower-class life.
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The act of riding a bicycle isn't causing brain trauma. Yeah, you could fall, but that's if something goes wrong. Everything could go right in football, and it's still dangerous.
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Priests might divide the world into good and bad. In battle there was strong and weak and nothing else.
