Matthias Schoenaerts Quotes

I like underdogs, I like anti-heroes - people that have a hard time overcoming things in life.

Matthias Schoenaerts

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: belgian
  • Birth: December 8, 1977

Topics

LifeTimePeopleOvercomingHard

I think the very idea of character, of developing not just grit, but empathy and curiosity, emotional intelligence - you know, the things that I want my own daughters to develop - the idea that we're going to get there through rewards and punishments seems completely at odds with the idea of character itself.

Angela Duckworth

CharacterIntelligenceEmpathyThink

Mel Gibson would not be a good James Bond.

Sophie Marceau

GoodBondWouldJames BondJames

The word 'democracy' and the name of Assad do not blend very well in much of Syria.

Robert Fisk

DemocracyNameWellBlendSyria

Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.

Mike Myers

AmericanCanadaMoreEssenceEnglish

Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.

Michel de Montaigne

IgnoranceManRestPillowHeadHis

Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is.

Juan Cole

NatureKnowledgeDecisionEarlyTake

Cable and satellite businesses are competing against fixed-line telephone companies and wireless companies.

Jay Samit

TelephoneCompetingAgainstWireless

Lots of business owners spend their lives trying to land the whale - the single, massive, brand-name account that will fatten the top line and bestow instant credibility. But big customers make me nervous.

Jason Fried

BusinessMeTryingNervousLandTop

It's so easy to get the joy sucked out of you.

Jonathan Groff

JoyEasyYouOutGetSucked

My own mum cared about Hollywood, and I didn't. I wanted to act, and I loved the creativity of it, but I didn't care for the lifestyle.

Drew Barrymore

CreativityCareLovedLifestyleOwn

It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of visiting and eat lots of cake. They live all over Cornwall and all over Devon.

Dawn French

WorkFamilyLiveCakeOverEat

Anything that creates fear, I want to conquer it.

Dawn Richard

FearConquerWantAnythingCreates

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