Aidan Gillen Quotes
I try to keep my integrity. I don't want to be in 'Hello!' or on 'Celebrity Big Brother.'
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There's a big link between trains and film. One of the first filmed objects was a train. The clickety-clack of the projector and the clickety-clack of the train are similar. There is the idea of the voyage - every voyage is a story. I wonder if film would have been invented without the train.
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I've always, especially through old Hollywood musicals, loved just to watch tap dancing; I adore it. I think it's fantastic.
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I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
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I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be considered more like labels that carry the type of TV show that you like, and then you'll consume them however you can. For example, I don't really watch Showtime, but I bought 'Homeland,' and I've been watching every episode on my iPad.
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I discovered that wearing the veil is not suitable for a woman who wants to work in activism and the public domain. People need to see you, to associate and relate to you. It is not stated in my religion to wear the veil; it is a traditional practice, so I took it off.
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All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home.
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You measure a government by how few people need help.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.
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You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.
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I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive.
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I just feel like the days of a handful of executives making the decisions for the entirety of the human public have gone on long enough.
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The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.
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If you look at the footballers, you look at our celebrity culture, we seem to be saying, 'This is the way you want to be'. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people.
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The superhighway of celebrity and showmanship is filled with debris.
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I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.
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My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career.
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I try to keep my integrity. I don't want to be in 'Hello!' or on 'Celebrity Big Brother.'
