Damian Lewis Quotes
None of us, remember, knew that 9/11 was gonna happen. We didn't live in a state of anxiety and fear about Osama Bin Laden. The CIA might have, and they failed to prevent it. But the general public didn't have any knowledge. Now we have knowledge of it, and it's a very clear and present danger in our lives.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was I didn't want to narrate something, I didn't want to tell a story. I wanted to show something, I wanted for them to make their own story from what they were seeing.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.
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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
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Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
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If the amount of hours spent on FarmVille were spent on actual farming, imagine what we could achieve.
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Bitcoin is one of the most viral concepts I've ever encountered.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.
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I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.
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Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.
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I'd just love to see a great love story, and nobody makes them anymore. You have great actresses like Cate Blanchett - she's fabulous in Pushing Tin and Elizabeth - and you don't use them.
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In our Western culture, although death has come out of the closet, it is still not openly experienced or discussed. Allowing dying to be so intensely present enriches both the preciousness of each moment and our detachment from it.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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A little mordida, here. A little mordida, there.
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None of us, remember, knew that 9/11 was gonna happen. We didn't live in a state of anxiety and fear about Osama Bin Laden. The CIA might have, and they failed to prevent it. But the general public didn't have any knowledge. Now we have knowledge of it, and it's a very clear and present danger in our lives.
