Tahar Rahim Quotes
I knew I'd have to go to Paris eventually, and I didn't want to be the provincial kid who just turns up and says, 'I want to act.'
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves.
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
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Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I usually listen to classic rock and roll.
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Theatre gives you wings as an actor.
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It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.
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The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing.
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You're spoilt as an actor if you are in that small percentage that works regularly.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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You'll never see me with a precision flick of eyeliner. Messy eyeliner became my thing by accident rather than design. If you can't get it straight, then just work it in around your eyes.
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Critics should think about how the opening weekend audience might want to discover some surprises for themselves.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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The more people learn about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the worse it looks.
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There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She was usually in love with somebody, and, as her passion was never returned, she had kept all her illusions. She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy.
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I wanted to write a food book, but I'm not a chef or an expert on culinary matters, to put it mildly.
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I got to Broadway a year after I came to New York. I starred in 'Butterflies Are Free' and got a Tony for it. Right out of the gate. Maybe that's why I wasn't very gracious about it. I wasn't driven. And right after 'Butterflies Are Free', I got married and then started a family. I always wanted that.
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Apparently the show happens even if I'm not there. Who knew?
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I knew I'd have to go to Paris eventually, and I didn't want to be the provincial kid who just turns up and says, 'I want to act.'
