Alexander Skarsgard Quotes
I don't really have any plans in terms of what I want to do - movies, television, theater - but I'd love to do a play in New York.
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Popping broad beans out of their skins can be therapeutic, but it isn't everybody's favourite waste of time.
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Something I learned in the Marine Corps that I've applied to acting is, one, taking direction, and then working with a group of people to accomplish a mission and knowing your role within that team.
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Im Reiche der Zwecke hat alles entweder einen Preis oder eine Würde. Was einen Preis hat, an dessen Stelle kann auch etwas anderes als Äquivalent gesetzt werden; was dagegen über allen Preis erhaben ist, mithin kein Äquivalent verstattet, das hat eine Würde.
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A general belief seems to prevail in the colony that the Indians are little better, if at all, than the savages or natives of Africa. Even the children are taught to believe in that manner, with the result that the Indian is being dragged down to the position of a raw Kaffir.
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'That’s been a hashtag fail.' And on the temptations stemming from a life of crime: 'With the bling and everything that comes with it.'
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The Hudson's Bay Company, before their misfortunes in the late war, had been much more fortunate than the Royal African Company.
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We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
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The Cox Report documents a systematic, well-planned effort by the Chinese military at the highest levels to target and acquire technology for military modernization.
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Other than Caroline's in New York, I pretty much haven't done clubs. That was primarily because I always liked the people and audiences at theaters and bars better.
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Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where you're trying to achieve some kind of emotion or trying to further the story along. You're trying to figure out what's the funniest way to do something.
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Sugar is more present in America or England than it is in France. I think there is an addiction to sweetness.
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People say you can't change the world. But you can change people.
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My concern is to continue respecting my work as I've done since I began as an actor and I could only do that if I'm strong enough to keep on doing what I think best in an artistic way.
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For an Ethiopian mother, if you have a chubby kid, it means you're doing something good.
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Quite frankly, I can't get enough of soccer. I tell my jingoistic friends in the United States there's a reason why it is the world's No. 1 sport. The rest of the planet can't be wrong.
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John Wells let me write a couple of West Wings, which was an incredible gift. I loved it once I got past the brain injury part of it, and so I'm working on a couple of things that are far from fruition, but what I want to pursue.
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When Charlie Crist went independent, I no longer supported him. Just track the money.
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When I was handed a hammer, my first project was building a three-story tree house.
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The best use of history is as an inoculation against radical expectations, and hence against embittering disappointments.
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What does culture mean? It's not a physical thing. I love a museum, but that, for me, doesn't make you a better person.
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I don't really have any plans in terms of what I want to do - movies, television, theater - but I'd love to do a play in New York.
