Alex Sharp Quotes
I might not have been academically gifted - I was bad at maths, and science was a struggle - but I was good at English literature and became hooked on theatre.
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More modern poetry is written than read.
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Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.
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I'm open to all the elements, I'm definitely ready to take anything on. But I don't want to jump too far into the deep end.
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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I think I need security.
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May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the next that.' I'm not the next anything, I'm the first me. I can't be myself, I can't just be Idris Elba. But that's just the nature of the business.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.
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I do not find it easy to articulate thoughts about religion. I remain the sort of person who turns off 'Thought for the Day' when it comes on the radio.
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Aging is one of the most visual diseases on the planet and includes things that we all know like wrinkles and grey hair, but also brain atrophy, muscle wasting and organ damage.
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I don't know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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If you start your own thing, you can learn a lot really fast from doing things wrong.
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The one message I always send to young people is, Don't be afraid to try different things to see what feels right and what's a good fit.
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I might not have been academically gifted - I was bad at maths, and science was a struggle - but I was good at English literature and became hooked on theatre.
