Alexandre Dumas Quotes

That Englishman who came to challenge me three or four months ago, and whom I killed to stop him bothering me.

Alexandre Dumas

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• I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.

  

  Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • People
  • Trying
  • Challenge

• My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Up
  • Different
  • Dream

• If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Character
  • Job
  • Nice

• Like anything else, acting can become boring - a chore, really - if there isn't any challenge. And I like taking challenges. Just when people think they have me figured out, I like to surprise them.

  

  Laura Dern
  • People
  • Challenge
  • Challenges

• I knew a ton of actors and was friends with them, but I never dated actresses. I tried to date 'normal' people because the Hollywood dating rule is 'one star per couple' because it's quite a challenge to match the egos of two actors.

  

  Zach Galligan
  • People
  • Friends
  • Star

• If you bet on Microsoft, you are not going to ask anymore, 'Hey, where is the innovation?' The challenge going forward is how do we keep up with it.

  

  B. Kevin Turner
  • Up
  • You
  • Challenge

• There's so many other things I want to do. I don't want to do them to be different or just for a challenge, but because my heart and soul tell me to.

  

  La India
  • Different
  • Heart
  • Soul

• I never write my stories as a wake-up call as such. I simply explore the kinds of situations that I find personally challenging by placing characters into situations that challenge them in similar ways.

  

  Ted Dekker
  • Up
  • Challenge
  • Write

• I've read every single fantasy novel there is. I mean, I would challenge a lot of people to read more fantasy novels than I have.

  

  Felicia Day
  • People
  • Single
  • Challenge

• When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.

  

  Barkhad Abdi
  • Work
  • American
  • America

• Doing scripted acting is a challenge to me. I can't remember things too good, so remembering lines is a challenge to your boy.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Good
  • Remember
  • Challenge

• The Ewoks were definitely a challenge of writing 'The Jedi Doth Return.' After having done so many things with characters who don't speak English, how was I going to make them stand out? Jedi is also rich with emotional material, particularly Darth Vader's transformation from the dark side back to the good.

  

  Ian Doescher
  • Good
  • Writing
  • Done

• Find your self-respect now. Don't dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It's so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Important
  • Guy
  • Feeling

• I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate - and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life - is the loneliness on the road.

  

  Vin Scully
  • Life
  • Game
  • Hate

• Indies are always an extra challenge. The time is shorter because you have less money to spend and fewer days to shoot.

  

  Salli Richardson
  • Time
  • Money
  • Challenge

• Watching TV produces low levels of satisfaction because it doesn't challenge you. Instead, do something that raises your self-esteem. Tap into your 'signature strengths' - things you're good at or passionate about.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Good
  • Challenge
  • Self-Esteem

• Fame is a dangerous thing. It's what the post-industrial society wants. They want fame and many followers on Twitter. But to really make the world understandable, that challenge is remaining.

  

  Hans Rosling
  • World
  • Society
  • Challenge

• If you try to kill yourself for a role on the TV show, you'll succeed. It's too long, it's too much. So, it's tough, but the challenge is a good thing.

  

  Majandra Delfino
  • Good
  • Long
  • Challenge

• When I write nonfiction, it's always absolutely true. There will be no moment in my nonfiction where I have made something up and have to apologize to the bullying hostess of a talk show.

  

  Jamaica Kincaid
  • Up
  • True
  • Bullying

• The solar system is completely wide open. Almost anywhere we go, I'm sure we would learn a lot.

  

  Alan Stern

• A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Love
  • Man
  • Married

• Is there any more important problem than our lack of need-based scholarships? I think not.

  

  James E. Rogers
  • Important

• I think we can have some tax reform, but that doesn't mean tax increases. We ought to make the, the rates flatter. We ought to get rid of a bunch of those loopholes.

  

  John Kasich

• That Englishman who came to challenge me three or four months ago, and whom I killed to stop him bothering me.

  

  Alexandre Dumas
  • Challenge
  • Killed
  • Englishman