Aaron Taylor-Johnson Quotes
I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and the acting was just a small part. I didn't have pushy parents; it wasn't forced upon me. They just said, 'See if you like it. If you do, great; if you don't, don't worry about it.' I was really fortunate to have that guidance and supportive parents.
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I don't like workouts that make you bulky.
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
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At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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I'm interested in taking raw human emotions and then isolating them without any narrative structure. In order to achieve this, I try to break out of the narrative conventions that you'd see in a typical feature film.
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One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
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College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
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I drink a lot of water.
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
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Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard.
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Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.
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We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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I need something to do when I'm not working, or I crawl up the walls. So I've just taken up kung fu. I was looking for some kind of calming, relaxing activity. I tried yoga, but it wasn't really me.
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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Sometimes when you play a golf course for the first time, you just got to be committed to your targets.
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I believe everyone has the ability to be hypnotised, and I think, on different days, different people will have varying levels of susceptibility.
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I went to dinner with my mother-in-law and I just realized I was talking in sound bites to her and expecting her to laugh every time I said anything or be jotting something down in a notebook. So you have to kind of really have a talk with yourself after you've done a press tour and say, 'Chill out!'
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My mom was very much alpha. I admired her because she was the working mom on the go. She's such a boss. She's an OG, as they say.
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I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say.
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Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.
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I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and the acting was just a small part. I didn't have pushy parents; it wasn't forced upon me. They just said, 'See if you like it. If you do, great; if you don't, don't worry about it.' I was really fortunate to have that guidance and supportive parents.
