Molly Shannon Quotes
I think people pick up on that. You use personal stuff and mix it all in - I definitely pull on that stuff in my acting.
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I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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I am not a great fan of computers. I do watch videos and analyse which batsman is playing how. Batsmen can play different shots on different days. A batsman may not play cover drives well, but if he connects with two such shots, he starts playing the drive well on that day.
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Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.
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I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem.
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Justice is like a train that is nearly always late.
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When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal.
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A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable.
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I was 30 years old and this girl I knew found out I had never gotten high. Nobody had ever told me about marijuana.
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To inform, and, therefore to reconnoitre, this is the first and constant duty of the advanced guard.
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I cannot believe – and I say this with all the emphasis of which I am capable – that there can ever be any good excuse for refusing to face the evidence in favour of something unwelcome. It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth.
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The successful companies try to keep the new entrants down. Now that's great for a company like ours. We make more money that way because we have less competition and less innovation. But for the country as a whole, it's horrible.
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I think the world is crumbling when I have a bad game.
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If I could really move my career much more into predominantly directing, I would jump at that.
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There are great characters on television.
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I was born in Paris and raised in the suburbs and then lived in the countryside.
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From the time I signed on to 'The Following,' things have already vastly changed in the entertainment world in general. It's an adjustment for me.
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The mentality has taken over because of the way we've promoted things. It's been accepted, to live with fear, and to fear that it's going to be terrible, prepare for the worst. The meat and potato of our existence right now is influenced by what happened after 9/11 - we put our thinking into protecting borders.
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Sichuan food would not be Sichuanese without the hot chilies that arrived before 1700 from South America.
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People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.
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When the country's indebtedness is so colossal and where the budget deficit is so huge, there is a moral obligation on people to pay their fair and reasonable dues.
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I think people pick up on that. You use personal stuff and mix it all in - I definitely pull on that stuff in my acting.
