Paddy Considine Quotes
I have to believe there's redemption in the darkest of circumstances; otherwise it's too bleak for me.
Quotes to Explore
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
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I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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I remember people saying: 'You look funny, your hair is so black, you have a flat nose,' but I didn't think of it being racism, and I still don't. But there was a sense of difference, of being an outsider.
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I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'
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I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. It's much more difficult for me than stage acting just because of the pressure that's piled on you and you have to learn the entire performance by heart.
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It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action.
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A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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I'm into my grime, hip-hop, dance, and house music.
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I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.
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Microsoft does platform, not really infrastructure, and they do a little bit of Saas.
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When I'm out the street, I get people whispering behind me, 'Isn't that Jennifer Lawrence?' I should start doing autographs - although if you stood us side by side, you wouldn't make that mistake.
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A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the symphony end of things.
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I won't be attempting to write Jane Austen-style prose - that would be suicidal. But I will attempt to bring the highest level of my own prose, and to make it sparkle.
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I specialize in early homes, and what I care about the most is renovating a home and taking it back to its original construction idea.
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I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.
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We are not responsible for the circumstances we are in, but we are responsible for the way we allow those circumstances to affect us; we can either allow them to get on top of us or we can allow them to transform us into what God wants us to be.
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Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.
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I have to believe there's redemption in the darkest of circumstances; otherwise it's too bleak for me.
