Aidan Gillen Quotes
'Heroes', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Sopranos' - they're all very stylised. 'The Wire' is much more rooted in realism and honesty. In American television, I can't think of anything I'd rather have been in because it has got something to say and that is the kind of thing I want to do.
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
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Cancer is really a DNA disease... We have these certain genes that prevent our cells from growing out of control at the expense of the body. And it's a pretty good, robust system. But if a couple of these genes fail, then that's when cancer starts, and cells start growing out of control.
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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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The Haisla named this point Obela. Not so long ago, the bay was lined with longhouses and canoes, totem poles and fishing gear. The reserve was once a winter village, a place to celebrate the sacred season, when memories passed in dance and song and stories from one generation to the next with great feasts called potlatches.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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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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Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.
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Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
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My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family.
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No more turkey, but I'd like some more of the bread it ate.
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I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.
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In the 1970s, the scare was about global cooling.
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Journalists run many risks. It comes with the profession.
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I don't profess to be Shonda Rhimes by any stretch of the imagination, or Dick Wolf. They're icons. I'm a filmmaker.
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I had to learn how to chop wood actually - I don't think my dad would have let me go chop wood in the backyard growing up.
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'Heroes', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Sopranos' - they're all very stylised. 'The Wire' is much more rooted in realism and honesty. In American television, I can't think of anything I'd rather have been in because it has got something to say and that is the kind of thing I want to do.
