Harold Pinter Quotes
Each play was, for me, 'a different kind of failure.' And that fact, I suppose, sent me on to write the next one. (15)
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I think when I first started acting there were different people who I thought, 'I want that person's career or that person's career.' And as time has gone on, it's become really clear to me what is important to me; getting the best roles, the roles that I feel are challenging and scary and that I haven't done yet.
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I think it's a mistake to try to pin down one particular reason for a person's personality. Don't we all, for many reasons, act differently in different circumstances and with different people?
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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All he cares about is going out there with his Jack Daniels bottle. Nothing has changed. That's kind of sad. If David was doing better than he used to be, then that would be different. But it was a joke and he made it that way.
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I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.
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One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.
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But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
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The most common form of giantism is a condition called acromegaly, and acromegaly is caused by a benign tumor on your pituitary gland that causes an overproduction of human growth hormone. And throughout history, many of the most famous giants have all had acromegaly.
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Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.
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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
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I prefer to do cable TV because it allows you the time to do other things. I definitely have an eye on doing more work in features and playing different characters, but I am also a big fan of going on vacation and playing golf and going to the beach.
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Every friendship is different because everyone's personality is different.
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That's my favorite part about songwriting, the way you write a song, and someone else might hear it a different way.
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When I look back on my career, I go, 'This is really great, I've played so many different women.'
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People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
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It's always good when you can bring two artists together who are totally different.
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Adam Smith's huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution.
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There was no equal pay law when I started working. I was no different to any other woman in any other job at the time.
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As an actor, you come in contact with so many different people and cultures. It makes you a more accepting person.
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Both my parents are professors, and I never really saw people do any other jobs, so I didn't really know how to want a different kind of job.
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I am an open book, literally. I don't mind if people know way too much about me.
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I been the same dude my whole life.
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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Each play was, for me, 'a different kind of failure.' And that fact, I suppose, sent me on to write the next one. (15)
