Andrew Keenan-Bolger Quotes
I tried to live my life really openly and transparently right from the get-go. I think that probably resonated with people.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.
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Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.
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We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.
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Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.
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Each week we usually have one person who's never done the show before. Last year we had close to 60 who'd never done the show before. We're constantly booking new people, sometimes to the consternation of people who live here who do the show regularly.
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Plowboy: You truly feel that all the major changes in history have been caused by science and technology?
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When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except the ego. They can no longer feel or sense their humanity - what they share with other human beings, or even with other life forms on the planet. They are so identified with concepts in their minds that other human beings become concepts as well.
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I like people who try to do big things.
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There are so many bright people who just need an opportunity to help others and pay it forward.
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I tried to live my life really openly and transparently right from the get-go. I think that probably resonated with people.
