Andrew James Hartley (A. J. Hartley) Quotes
Still, not much of a reason to live, is it? The fear of being punished for killing yourself.
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I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not.
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For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.
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Sometimes when you finish a book, you don't know quite what you've got.
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Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.
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Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.
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You have to recognize at some point that even though you have the passion and creative level to be able to do something, you might have to do a lot of prep. Sometimes you just can't do it as quickly as you want to do it.
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Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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I like Noah from 'The Notebook.' One - hundred percent. I fall in love with him so hard.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.
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Shakespeare is where I live. I adore him.
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Life can be a lot broader... when you realize one simple thing: And that is that everything around us that we call life was made up by people who were no smarter than you. And you can build your own life that other people can live in. So build a life. Don't live one. Build one. Find your opportunity, and always be sexy.
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On the journey towards the beloved, you live by dying at every step
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If we do not take this road of dialogue and understanding then I fear for the next generation. There are enough people preaching hatred, which encourages violence. We are living in times when technology, biology and chemistry have created the possibility of killing in large numbers. And, unfortunately, the cruelty and killing are often justified through a distorted interpretation of religion.
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It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.
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Still, not much of a reason to live, is it? The fear of being punished for killing yourself.
