Patrick Wilson Quotes
With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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It's one of the reasons I don't do drugs. One sniff and I'd go all the way.
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You have to be ready for all the games and be at 100 per cent if you want to win in this League.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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I don't know if it's irrational, and I would never say this before, but I think I'm a little bit agoraphobic when I'm in huge crowds of people. I mean, it's claustrophobic, probably – small spaces and large groups of people, anxiety rises for me.
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I grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and reading was a big part of my life - I'd get through several books a week.
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I worked on the line, I've been an executive chef, I've worked for the Mets, I've worked for various steakhouses, vegetarian restaurants, a lot of Middle Eastern stuff. I've worked my fair share of a lot of different things. I've worked at festivals and street fairs, you know? I've been through it all.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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I was this kid who had been raised in New York, and now all of a sudden, my mother decided that she was a Jewish divorcee and therefore she should be living in Miami Beach.
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As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences.
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People are really paying attention to the comic-book genre, and there's a lot of time and attention being invested in these projects with a wonderful sense of quality control.
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Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.
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I would like 'I Dream of Genie' powers.
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If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
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I don't want to spoil the magic, but it's a very curious thing that honestly baffles me. It's the nearest we'll ever get to playing God, to suddenly produce these fully formed creatures. It is a bit odd. Other aspects you work out more - you rework sentences, you rework imagery. But not characters.
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It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.
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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
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Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap.
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I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
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The girls want to see the rips on your stomach - they like that.
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All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.
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With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.
