Michael Moriarty Quotes
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Whatever work you do, you think are you doing this for the good of the nation? That's the basic training. The other basic training is discipline. Your life should be disciplined. The other thing they say is what work you get, do it well.
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When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.
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Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
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Everyone's like, 'Oh, you must live in L.A., the glamorous life,' and I really don't. I'm in a small house, in Pittsburgh, in the snow.
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My inspiration is love and history.
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We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much understood that the way to a better life was through education, books were a luxury we couldn't afford. But when I was six, we actually moved opposite the central library, and that became my home from home.
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A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.
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Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as truckers, people who work hard using their hands. Then there are people who are fortunate enough to have my life, people who play these characters who embody these qualities.
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I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkien's legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien.
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Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
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The best things in life are often waiting for you at the exit ramp of your comfort zone.
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Regardless of who you are or who you like, love is love.
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Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.
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After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life.
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When you pick up a novel from the bed side table, you put down your own life at the same time and you become another person for the duration.
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I don't believe in killing people. I believe in locking you up for the rest of your life.
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Fear has governed my life, if I think about it.
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You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?
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We can't escape the prose of life, it's all about balance.
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Being deemed the most successful at prom does not mean you're going to do the best in your life.
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In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.
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Life is best when you are in love.
