Christian Bale Quotes

I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical.

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• There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.

  

  Ed McMahon
  • Great
  • Night
  • Attitude

• We need to have Turkey respect democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • Respect
  • Democracy
  • Rights

• I don't think I have a signature.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Think
  • Signature

• I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.

  

  J. August Richards
  • Character
  • Best
  • Thrive

• I had a great AP U.S. History teacher in Pittsburgh. We still exchange Christmas cards. She was the first teacher who said I was a good writer - and I'd never heard that before. And so I remember that, and I remember that level of loving the material and really loving writing about it.

  

  Nathaniel Philbrick
  • Good
  • Great
  • Writing

• Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.

  

  Hans Kung
  • Power
  • War
  • Political

• I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.

  

  Camille Claudel
  • Protect
  • Harm

• There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Difference
  • Victim
  • Bully

• Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.

  

  Barry Diller
  • Live
  • Nation
  • Ticket

• I wasn't completely comfortable in the footy culture because I wasn't that comfortable in my own skin, which I am now. I'd fit in better now, but I don't miss the training and the injuries you get playing footy.

  

  Vance Joy
  • Culture
  • Training
  • Comfortable

• My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • She
  • Smart
  • Sister

• Friends are really important, especially when you've had the successes that I've had. I've gone really far in my career, so they're the ones that keep you humble, keep your feet on the ground.

  

  Ferran Adria
  • Important
  • Friends
  • Career

• I will not have Botox. You know why? Because I eat! I eat the fat, I eat the vegetable, I eat everything. If you exercise and you don't eat enough, it takes its toll on the skin.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Why
  • Know
  • Exercise

• Back when I was restoring art and antiques, finding ivory was very difficult because it's illegal, and the only difference between bone and ivory is that bone is free and not illegal.

  

  Dan Phillips
  • Art
  • Free
  • Finding

• If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.

  

  Ice T
  • Up
  • Time
  • Live

• I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Attention

• It takes a little bit more mentally to figure out what I need to do to be most effective. The game is ever evolving. So you have to constantly pay attention to the change because you don't want to be left behind.

  

  D'Brickashaw Ferguson
  • Game
  • Want
  • Change

• I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic fervour.

  

  Adam Hochschild
  • Think
  • Human
  • Profound

• Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Will
  • Racism
  • Discrimination

• If you're stumbling out of a bar, and people tweet about it, well, don't be dumb. If you're going to get falling-down drunk, stay at home - which I did a lot of.

  

  Jason Bateman
  • People
  • Home
  • Dumb

• Our art, in a sense, is quite revolutionary.

  

  Lukas Forchhammer Lukas Graham
  • Art

• It's not a good feeling when you get booed. But I don't want to be good because somebody booed me. I want to be great player because that's the way I am.

  

  Kristaps Porzingis
  • Good
  • Great
  • Feeling

• I've been in perfect health and perfectly happy all my life. I don't take any pills; I just get up, clean up after my wife, and start typing every day.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Life
  • Up
  • Happy

• I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical.

  

  Christian Bale
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