Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes
Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.
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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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Asked to choose between money and fame, I'd choose the latter every time.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal, as time will show.
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For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.
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A number of people in the United States, almost everyone, is using plastic cards to pay for things, but it's extremely difficult to accept these cards. So let's make it's easy and take more and more of the friction out as we can.
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As a kid growing up, I wanted the Allen Iverson shoes that came out, the Questions. My dad got them for me, so I was excited about that.
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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
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I love to play with the notion of who the protagonist is - who is the audience supposed to root for? I did it in 'Sicario' and feel it was the strength of the script - guiding the audience's allegiance toward the villain because they think he's the hero, until it's revealed that he's the villain.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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It has been an incredibly rewarding experience to work with so many dedicated SEC staff who strive every day to protect investors and ensure our markets operate with integrity.
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People are looking for a leader independent of powerful, wealthy special interests that always push to the front of the line.
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People will have trouble keeping a job, or even getting a job if their genetic information gets to an insurer, a potential employer or even an employer,
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I don't want to be in 'Expendables 5.' You can keep those kind of movies.
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Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.
