Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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Especially working in infectious disease, it's very interesting because these infectious diseases, these agents, they evolve over time. So it's very much an arms race and understanding how each changes to protect itself and to continue. And so it's very much this puzzle-solving but with this great urgency and importance in what you find.
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The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.
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A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
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America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, even eaten with people who in America would have been considered 'white,' but the 'white' attitude had been removed from their minds by the religion of Islam.
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On the tour we get a case of beer on the bus every day from Ozzfest.
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Sometimes, once a fight starts, you have to do what you have to do to win.
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I've made four films about the destructive nature of relationships, of secrets and lies, and I think I'm no longer interested in that subject - which is a wonderful relief.
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I love my fan base because they never high-five me; they always get really shifty and hide. Adam Sandler's fan base are like, 'Hey!' and high-five him and want to hang out, but mine go behind pillars and get really freaked out.
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As we get older, we tend to think it is less OK to be vulnerable and to feel what we feel. It's kind of bull. We all still feel things pretty deeply. It just becomes less socially acceptable to express that.
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Sometimes when Australians go overseas, it's as though the 'Aussie' is refined out of them. I don't know why. It's never happened to me, because I'm really proud of it. I'm not embarrassed about where I'm from or who I am any more. I know who I am. I don't fit in everywhere, but I know where I do fit in.
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The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.
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Australia is so influenced by America. It's kind of in-between the U.K. and the States.
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Whether we call it religion or faith, we all battle for a balanced integrated soul.
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Cheerleader roles are really not my thing. I want things that are weird or not typical.
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I think women are really good at multitasking. Men just cannot do it.
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I always think if you have to cook once, it should feed you twice. If you're going to make a big chicken and vegetable soup for lunch on Monday, you stick it in the refrigerator and it's also for Wednesday's dinner.
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If you're doing things that you don't want to be doing or you're working with people who aren't making you better and you're not learning, if things aren't challenging you, you could be wasting your time. You might be making some money, but you might not be improving as an actor.
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People want reality that tells them how right they are all the time.
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We did six records, then six movies. Now we need to do six of something else, so we get 666 - and then our master Satan can return!
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Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.
