Mads Mikkelsen Quotes
I always wanted to play some kind of instrument - piano, saxophone, whatever. I took it up for a while, then forgot about it because I didn't have the time.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
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People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.
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There's monsters in all of us, but there's also vulnerability.
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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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I don't think I tell stories of tragedy. I think I tell stories of love. Even though you're full of tears, I hope that you leave the theatre with your heart feeling like it's going to explode out of your chest. And yes, you've been through the tragedy, but it's ultimately hope that I think you're left with.
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I have a ton of videos on MySpace and YouTube.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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'The Voice' is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really going to love it.
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
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There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.
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To be truly empathetic, we have to acknowledge that we're all human, we're all flawed, and that life can be difficult.
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I could have anything I wanted and if I didn't have it, it was because I didn't want it.
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To anyone with a drop of Irish blood in them the land they live on is like their mother. It's the only thing that lasts, that's worth working for, for fighting for.
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I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time - without UN approval and much broader support from the international community.
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I always wanted to play some kind of instrument - piano, saxophone, whatever. I took it up for a while, then forgot about it because I didn't have the time.
