Alan Rickman Quotes
I never expected to have any kind of film career, to be honest. It was all a bit of a surprise. But I was in a big hit play on Broadway. America, as many people will say, says yes more often than we do. And so I was suddenly surrounded by people saying yes. But I was aware that was 'cause of what I was in. It had a big impact.
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If I'm going to change, my life and experiences should change me for the wiser and more profound.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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No man may make another free.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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I grew up watching Salman Khan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who have always juggled fitness with acting. In real life, I'm a fitness freak. Besides, it is nice to look at an actor who is fit, and if you become a role model, that's a perk.
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We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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Since I could read, I always had my nose in a book.
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People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you.
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In the United States, oil demand is projected to grow by 340,000 barrels per day this year and gasoline demand is projected to grow nearly two percent, averaging 9.3 million barrels per day for the summer.
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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I never like to be the same, whether it be comedy or drama, funny or serious.
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Everyone had something unique to offer in life and their responsibility was to develop those gifts - and heroes come from all backgrounds.
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Politics may come and go, but Greed goes on forever.
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I never expected to have any kind of film career, to be honest. It was all a bit of a surprise. But I was in a big hit play on Broadway. America, as many people will say, says yes more often than we do. And so I was suddenly surrounded by people saying yes. But I was aware that was 'cause of what I was in. It had a big impact.
