Ian McDiarmid Quotes
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone back to the theater, and it is more satisfying, really, because you get to give a continuous performance - no sequels.
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Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
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I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a 'big tent' party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans.
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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.
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Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.
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Poets have to be sensitive to their audience, but it does not mean that they censor themselves. I realise my audience is diverse. Some will read with empathy and curiosity while others will take offense.
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A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.
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I'm a big fan of film for one reason: because it is visual.
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We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.