Alan Rickman Quotes
Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.
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I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
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God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence.
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I am a little obsessed with surprise kitty.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories.
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I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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'Curvy' is just a polite way of saying 'fat.'
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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I look formidable.
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The earth is a great big orphanage for most animals.
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She was someone who was full of life ... She represented everything that was wonderful about Sweden and about Europe.
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The I is the soul, which endures.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think the classical training, more than anything, has provided me with longevity.
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Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.
