Andy Serkis Quotes
You're watching your kids playing football, and you're not present. It's like the worst... it's horrible. I despise myself for it. I think it's a particularly male thing. Being present and in the moment with your kids is something a lot of men struggle with.Andy Serkis
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As you know with the Arab Spring, there were no dividends.
Najib Razak -
I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.
Sally Ride -
Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
Naomi Klein -
History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
E. L. Doctorow -
Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
Frances Beinecke -
In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
Mac Thornberry
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Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
Valentina Tereshkova -
Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
Yvette Nicole Brown -
I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting.
Flume -
My music is about where I am at the time. In 'Raymond vs. Raymond,' I was going through a lot of things, and it came out in my music. My marriage fell apart, and I was suddenly a single father.
Usher -
I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
Laura Wade -
I tend to stay away from the comics.
Idris Elba
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I think ballet has influenced my personality a lot in the sense that I am very disciplined in all of my endeavours. I am always on time; I take things very seriously. I've built up my inner strength and self-esteem over time as I've improved as a dancer.
Yuan Yuan Tan -
What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
E. O. Wilson -
There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.
Barack Obama -
Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
M. Esther Harding -
Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do.
Barbara Coloroso -
As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.
Oliver North
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When I write, I solemnly visit myself.
Fernando Pessoa -
It really doesn't matter to me whether it's defensive end or linebacker. I just want to play the game of football. I've been working on linebacker drills since I got out to Fischer Sports in Phoenix.
Gaines Adams -
I can't walk in an airport, walk into a gym, where the kids in the gym don't come to me and ask me about Allen and tell me he's their favorite player of all time. And everywhere I go in airports, people look at me, and they, 'You're Allen's coach.'
Larry Brown -
I just wanted to say hi to Pittsburgh as well because I miss it.
Jackie Evancho -
I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have.
Alice Barrett -
You're watching your kids playing football, and you're not present. It's like the worst... it's horrible. I despise myself for it. I think it's a particularly male thing. Being present and in the moment with your kids is something a lot of men struggle with.
Andy Serkis