Adam Rayner Quotes

My mother is American. I first went to school in America, and we came back when I was about six to rural Norfolk. In primary school, I was teased immediately and mercilessly. I probably dropped that accent within about 10 days.

Adam Rayner

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• I am enjoying my face changing, as well as realizing that at the same time, as you get older, the machine isn't as well-oiled as it was.

  

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• 'Dhruva' is not a first person narrative of Siddharth Abhimanyu.

  

  Ram Charan
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• Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.

  

  Adam McKay
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• Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.

  

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  • Fear
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• One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, 'You should always buy something to treat yourself to say, 'Well done for getting the job!'

  

  Sam Claflin
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• He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.

  

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  • Heaven

• No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • True
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• I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Good
  • Science
  • Universe

• I did two or three plays every summer.

  

  Dabney Coleman
  • Summer
  • Two
  • Three

• The fact is, it's hard to release movies.

  

  Campbell Scott
  • Movies
  • Hard
  • Fact

• The delights of self-discovery are always available.

  

  Gail Sheehy
  • Learning
  • Always
  • Available

• I had maybe heard 'The Times Are A-Changing' on the radio, but I had no idea who Dylan was. No idea.

  

  D. A. Pennebaker
  • Idea
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• To adapt a play into a movie, you have to change it.

  

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  • Movie
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• We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.

  

  Barry Diller
  • Time
  • Want
  • You

• I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.

  

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  • Work
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• Make-up is an extension of your clothes.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Up
  • Clothes
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• I think Sydney has so much natural beauty; it's just a beautiful city.

  

  Flume
  • Beautiful
  • City
  • Beauty

• The United States, a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, destroyed the last of its stocks of VX and other chemical agents on the Johnston Atoll, 825 miles southwest of Hawaii, in November 2000.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Last
  • November
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• The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.

  

  Faye Wattleton
  • Parents
  • Powerful
  • Influence

• In the mornings, I try to spend anywhere from 15 to 60 minutes with my son. Failing that, I try for 30 to 60 minutes together at the end of the day. I try to make that work, but if I can't, I just move on. You can't beat yourself up about it.

  

  Marianne Lake
  • Up
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• When my mother left home, her family sat shivah for her, more because my father was not Jewish than because he was black.

  

  James McBride
  • Family
  • Home
  • Mother

• We don't notice that our cells are turning over all the time. You get a completely new composition of cells every seven years, and on the surface, or subjectively, it looks as though you're the same for seven years. It's like a ground - it looks stable, but beneath it, everything is shifting all the time. It's exciting and dangerous.

  

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  • Time

• I'm not involved in politics any more and they're quite right.

  

  Jeffrey Archer

• My mother is American. I first went to school in America, and we came back when I was about six to rural Norfolk. In primary school, I was teased immediately and mercilessly. I probably dropped that accent within about 10 days.

  

  Adam Rayner
  • School
  • American
  • America