Paddy Considine Quotes
Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.
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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.
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I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries, including America. I admire women.
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We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.
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Sport's hard: the margin between winning and losing is tiny.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.
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My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'
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Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
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You keep learning all the time.
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When I was a kid, I would come home from school, throw my bag, go out to play. My daughter comes home from school, throws her bag, goes to play, but sitting in front of the computer because their definition of play has changed. They don't go out to play. They play on the computer with their friends.
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I wasn't really taught about the value of money. I just learnt it as I grew up, but I do remember my dad telling me that it was important to always have some savings, and that stuck with me. I've always believed that putting money aside is a good thing.
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We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and for some decent chance of stopping a Dinosaur Killer asteroid.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
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I didn't know what was going through my mind.
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It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.
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I don't want to wait 20 or 50 years for something to be done about petrochemical pollution.
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'Sleepless' was the first thing that came out and really gained a lot of traction online.
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We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels.
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'Yield' was completed in 1997 and released in 1998. In the spring of 1997, I had made a decision to stop taking medications that I had been taking daily since 1988.
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Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
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What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?
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You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.
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Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.
