Rhys Ifans Quotes
I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.
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I've done quite a few things based on real events or real people, and I think that's always really interesting that you can read about them or, if you're lucky, you can meet them.
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Standing up on the right to trial by jury is something that, really, a lot of people should agree with, you know, both on the Right and the Left.
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Through a painting we can see the whole world.
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Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.
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I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.
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People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
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People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.
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Music is art to me, and you don't censor art. You don't go into a museum and censor things.
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I've always viewed myself as a brand. When I started 10 years ago, that was very controversial. 'Marketing' and 'PR' were dirty words for the literary world, but that has changed. Once the book is finished, I want as many people as possible to read it.
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Houston's one of the most diverse urban areas in the entire country, and most people here are really proud of that.
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From a very young age, music was very much in my house. I would sit with my mom, with the old LPs, listening to The Beatles and Carly Simon and Lionel Richie. The old LPs used to have the lyrics. From there, I would put on dance and music displays for my family, just to entertain them and make people laugh and smile.
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People always ask why I stay in the online space versus going to TV or film, like most people would do, and the answer is that there's opportunity for innovation online - not only innovation in storytelling, but also innovation in how you interact with your audience and that is very fulfilling to me personally.
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Social media is reducing social barriers. It connects people on the strength of human values, not identities.
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Art to me is not precious enough that I feel territorial about what the word gets applied to. Conversations about what counts as art and what doesn't doesn't captivate my attention very much.
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When people know I wrote 'Thelma and Louise,' they don't want to mess with me.
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Mindy is just one of those people... she's just got a hell of a life going for herself. She's just really interesting and interested in the world and the larger things.
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I crack jokes all the time. Even when I have a fight, I will make a joke, and people will laugh.
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Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?
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People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
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The goatherds were the poorest people of Spain. Probably, they were the richest.
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The reason that attacks by American terrorists who are not jihadist militants are sometimes not called 'terrorism' is, in part, because in the United States, terrorism is a crime which has to be in some way be associated with a 'designated' terrorist group such as ISIS.
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I try to conduct my life with a little levity.
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And remember, it's also very funny, because side by side with grief lies joy.
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I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.
