Asa Butterfield Quotes
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Islam is unusual in that it's the only one of the great world religions which was born inside recorded history. That there's an enormous amount of factual historical record about the life of a prophet and about social conditions in Arabia at that time. So it's possible to look at the origin of Islam in a scholarly way.
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I tell myself every offseason I'm not going to say anything crazy. I'm just going to have a peaceful season... Can't do it. I'm cut from a different cloth.
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In the United States we have the great Harvard Business School, but America is the country with the greatest debt in the world.
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At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
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The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion.
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The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.
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I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history.
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I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted to challenge myself and see if I could actually do a drama.
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One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.
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I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places.
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I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.
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Japan has really great fans for all kinds of music. I think they're keeping metal alive.
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It's one of the great tragedies of our contemporary life in America, that families fall apart. Almost everybody has that in common.
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I'm proud that Della was sort of a prototype for TV secretaries. There really was no such established character on TV when 'Perry Mason' came along.
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The challenge is sort of capturing the issues that Oregonians feel strongly about and moving forward on those.
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That's the great thing about G.I. Joe: it's essentially superheroes, but it's military based - and it's based in reality.
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Women can be two different people - one person at home, another at work.
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I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.
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The problem is that the internet IS some kid in a basement with an opinion. The fact that David Bowie and Elton John told me that they were fans of Helmet - or Neil Young - that means something to me because I grew up on their music and they’re great musicians... That means more to me than some guy who hates the fact that my hair is short.
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If my son had a baseless accusation made against him at a university, and it was making his life there miserable, I would suggest he transfer or take courses online.
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I am immediately disinterested when I hear mountain-climbing stories.
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Let's embrace productive capitalism, not casino capitalism, by restoring transparency and true competition in the commodities markets.
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Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
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I think having a character piece is great. It will challenge you and be different.
