Ian McDiarmid Quotes
When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to the point. It was nice to see him after a long time, and we met in a hotel room.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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For comedians, we're all kind of tweeting our thoughts instead of spending time developing them. You can gauge how good a joke might be by how many times it gets retweeted, but it takes discipline to go back through the tweets and then develop jokes from them.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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I never thought I'd live this long. It sounds funny because I still think of myself as a kid.
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I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
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My dad was a kind of semiprofessional Dixieland-type drummer, and I learned the drums from him. When I was about twelve, we bought our first Ludwig drum set from a pawnshop - a marching-band bass drum, great big tom-toms, and big, deep snare drums.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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If there's a sustainable job that will create sustainable value, people will hire for it.
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No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure.
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It's my instinct more than my voice that keeps me on top.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I think I've had a long, distinguished career in public service. It just goes to show you what some politicians will do. They'll say or do anything to get elected. I know all these people. They all claimed to be friends of mine up until their mayoral campaigns. They'd call me on the phone and ask for information or come over here and sit in this chair to get briefed.
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When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to the point. It was nice to see him after a long time, and we met in a hotel room.
