Ashley Thomas Quotes
Acting was always my passion, even before music, so I knew I was always heading down that path.
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Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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The whole period of the '60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history... to have the decade capture one of the great accomplishments of this century: man landing on the moon.
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Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
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Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.
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I do not have any pets. We travel too much.
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I write novels and other things.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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This is the way I think about politics: We want two diametrically opposed things from a politician. On one hand we want them to be bastions of moral integrity, perfect people, saints. And on the other hand, we want them to be effective leaders.
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I hate to say it, but the older you get, you really do have to cut down on the amount you eat. Less food and less portions.
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Although I come from a family who are Muslim - my mother is Egyptian, my father is Palestinian - my mother only puts a veil on her head when she has a bad hair day.
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
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I don't get jealousy, I don't get how people hate each other - I never did.
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The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
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I do not welcome advice from actors; they are here to act.
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The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion.
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To work with children anywhere is just plain fun.
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When I sat down to write I just felt like a geek writing about myself. And then it dawned on me, just because of the way I am, I can't stop talking, and part of the problem is that anything that gets said reminds me of something that happened to me one time, and invariably I cut people off and talk about myself.
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With a different form of wireless instrument devised by me some years ago it was found practicable to locate a body of metallic ore below the ground, and it seems that a submarine could be similarly detected.
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I must continue to follow the path I take now. If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. That is how I look at it - keep going, keep going come what may.
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Acting was always my passion, even before music, so I knew I was always heading down that path.
