Ian McDiarmid Quotes

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Ian McDiarmid

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• I am a Buddhist.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Buddhist

• Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • Thought
  • Loved
  • Brazil

• If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?

  

  Zhang Zhidong
  • Man
  • Learning
  • Horse

• But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns with wagons and horses, bringing Grandpa and Grandma and aunts and uncles and cousins.

  

  Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Sky
  • Grandma
  • Woods

• For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

  

  Victoria Abril
  • Career
  • Most
  • Other

• I'm kind of a crazy person about hand sanitizer. I carry the plain ones that smell like aloe, from Target or CVS.

  

  Odette Annable
  • Kind
  • Hand
  • Crazy

• It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.

  

  Karen Kain
  • Different
  • Job
  • Help

• 'The HoneyLine' is my web site and TV segments that were birthed out of the stark reality that we all need a few people to help navigate this life.

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • People
  • Life
  • Help

• Seeing a catering truck feels like home.

  

  Dakota Johnson
  • Home
  • Truck
  • Seeing

• My father is an amazing person.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Father
  • Amazing
  • Person

• I went from being an ailing child to a public enemy.

  

  Pat Morita
  • Enemy
  • Child
  • Being

• The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • American
  • Simple
  • Will

• Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.

  

  Gary Cherone Van Halen
  • Band
  • Thought
  • Years

• Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.

  

  Harald zur Hausen
  • World
  • Family
  • War

• Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • People
  • Country
  • Power

• The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Time
  • Real
  • Day

• I still do the same things, but it's nice. If people recognize you, generally everyone's very respectful, very lovely, but I wonder what it's like for real celebrities.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • People
  • Real
  • Nice

• I had just 15 days to work on my body for the climactic fight of 'Bodyguard.' And I would work on every muscle of my body two/three times a week. I would have developed a superb body if I had three months, but squeezing it into 15 days can be harmful. Also, as you grow older, your metabolic rate slows down.

  

  Salman Khan
  • Work
  • Fight
  • Week

• Oh God, I don't know if I ever really felt beautiful. I don't, really.

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • God
  • Beautiful
  • Know

• I always believe holidays strengthen the family bond, away from our daily hectic schedules.

  

  Chiranjeevi
  • Believe
  • Family
  • Daily

• I'm pretty much a 9-to-5 kind of guy. I usually get to work about 8 in the morning, and I work until 4 or 5, and sometimes I work on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Pretty much I keep the same hours as an accountant or clerk or whatever.

  

  Douglas Preston
  • Work
  • Guy
  • Pretty

• Someone asked me about how it feels to wear the same costume every day and whether it gets tired or boring, but the good thing about it is that you know what to expect, every day.

  

  Allison Tolman
  • Good
  • Tired

• When I first started in the industry, there were - this is prior to the era of computer graphics and all these digital tools - there were some pretty rigid, technologically imposed limitations about how you shoot things, because if you didn't shoot 'em the right way, you couldn't make the shot work.

  

  John Knoll
  • Work
  • Pretty

• I'm the blackest villain of all time.

  

  Ian McDiarmid
  • Time
  • Villain
  • Blackest