Colin Firth Quotes
One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor.
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Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
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The longest-lived people eat a plant-based diet. They eat meat but only as a condiment or a celebration. Nothing they eat has a plastic wrapper.
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is our statement?
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Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.
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I'm 21 years old, and it's kind of uncomfortable for me to talk about, but I'm in the 1 percent as far as my income and tax bracket. But now that I'm here, there's no amount of money you can wave in front of my face that will make me understand depriving people of human rights.
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As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
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I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.
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During a game, it comes down to your mind - the pressure. There are loads of other aspects, too. Many people say taking penalties is easy, but when you're stood over one, that's not the case. It's in no way easy. The goal really does become a lot smaller.
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You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.
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I'll be in a series for three or four episodes, but then I'll be off the series, and downtime, as an actor, is a little more than most people understand. Most of the time you're just sitting around taking coffee with friends.
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Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
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I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.
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A lot of people thought you couldn't be a top-level athlete as a vegan, but people like Mac Danzig and Jake Shields are proving that's wrong. And it's better for me as a performer.
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Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.
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Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!
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The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
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You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.
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And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.
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I don't plan anything out, and I don't write in chronological order. The emotional tenor is what guides me, but a lot of it is feeling my way through the dark. That's okay if you have unlimited time to work and stumble upon things in a delightful way, but under a deadline, it can be really stressful.
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Everything is educational.
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No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
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“My yoga teacher says to think of your thoughts like skateboarders passing through our line of vision; just watch them go by, don't try to follow them down the street.”
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One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor.
