Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Quotes
I've played many criminals, but I loved playing somebody on the right side of the law who had a family and who had ethics.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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Those guys were made for me and Muhammad because they come straight in and don't back up but you had to watch out for his punching power but if we could have neutralized that then we would have been fine.
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I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
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And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.
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I like that about London. It comes together when it needs to, and it has magic.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.
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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
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That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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Women are builders of civil society. We are the ones who are going to build it. You know why? We have no choice. Either you shut up, and you are humiliated, or you do what I'm doing. You scream.
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I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.
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You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.
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You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.
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Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.
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Me, I just don't care about proprietary software. It's not 'evil' or 'immoral,' it just doesn't matter. I think that Open Source can do better, and I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is by working on Open Source, but it's not a crusade – it's just a superior way of working together and generating code.
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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are mentors and role models. They are examples of success and the men who constantly push us toward it.
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Life has many turns.
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If we lived within our means - by being prudent - the 7 billion people in the world could have everything they needed. Global politics should be moving in that direction. But we think as people and countries, not as a species.
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I've played many criminals, but I loved playing somebody on the right side of the law who had a family and who had ethics.
