Michael Ironside Quotes
Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has. Use that freedom.
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Of all the labels and tags and epithets people have forced upon me, there's one I don't dislike. I get called the 'enfant terrible.' In every article, it's always there. So I have to give that a meaning.
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The idea would be in my mind - and I know it sounds strange - is that the most important advances in medicine would be made not by new knowledge in molecular biology, because that's exceeding what we can even use. It'll be made by mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists, figuring out a way to get all that information together.
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I wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.
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Is it hard for the reader to believe that suicides are sometimes committed to forestall the committing of murder? There is no doubt of it. Nor is there any doubt that murder is sometimes committed to avert suicide.
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Being a typical Briton, I love my home comforts and always try and find an English pub where I can tuck into some traditional English food, accompanied by a nice pint. Fortunately, I haven't been ill with food poisoning or anything like that, which is quite surprising considering how many different types of food I eat when I'm travelling.
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I worried I was a boyish shape. I always thought I might grow some, but it never happened.
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I've always been a fan of science fiction.
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Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.
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I don't have to be making a lot of money or living in a fancy house.
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Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
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I think that, if anything, the pageant is great for people who suffer from body issues. It's all about being comfortable with what you're given and what you have and being able to flaunt it without being insecure. It's about empowering women, not making them feel weak or less.
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The act of song writing and recording became one and the same to me; because I essentially recorded everything I did from the day I began trying to write songs. I've always had a lot to say. I'd always written poems.
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It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don't cause spills. They are technologically very advanced.
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The awful bottom line, of course, is that if you’re going to rule the world, you have to have absolute power, and everybody knows what absolute power does.
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The simplest comment on my book came from my ballet teacher. She said, 'I wish you hadn’t made every line funny. It’s so depressing.'
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The government that's strong enough to give you what you want by taking it from someone else is strong enough to take everything you have and give it to someone else.
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The window opened gently and a still Autumn night entered cat-like. Edwin smelt freedom and London autumn – decay, smoke, cold, motor oil.
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A college degree is not a sign that one is a finished product but an indication a person is prepared for life.
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The mudslinging has begun.
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Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.
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Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has. Use that freedom.
