Mads Mikkelsen Quotes
I'm not ambitious about my career, but I am ambitious with each job. I can be fairly annoying to work with.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
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When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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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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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
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'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
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The women I know who have children and have careers, they seem to be very happy. They love their children and they love their jobs. But happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love.
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Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
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I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.
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There's no conversation more boring than talking about what it's really like to live in Newport and how the show compares to the real thing. I just don't care.
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It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
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Pearl Jam's 'Alive' is the reason I started to play music.
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Derby born and bred, mate.
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John Kerry knows more about more subjects than an awful lot of people. But I think it's a very hard job [Secretary of State].
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Before the eighth grade, I probably went to seven or eight different schools.
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I'm not ambitious about my career, but I am ambitious with each job. I can be fairly annoying to work with.
