Lee Pace Quotes
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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At least for me, any time I've been in hotbeds of creativity, I got excited about something that wasn't coming from me.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
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Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory.
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The view which regards man as a well, a reservoir full of possibilities, I call the romantic; the one which regards him as a very finite and fixed creature, I call the classical.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I used to play the trombone and the trumpet, which I still have, but I haven't picked up for a long time.
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If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
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Actually, I wear the nail polish to hide how grubby my nails are.
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When a man doesn't know the meaning of the word 'fear', that might just be a deficiency in his education.
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I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.
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I've developed this routine at home. I wait for the kids to go to bed; then my wife falls asleep. Then, it's dark and quiet enough for me to work on songs.
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Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime.
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It is a total treat to get to work with James Cromwell.
