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Hugh Grant Quotes

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: english
Birth: September 9, 1960

Topics

Work Failure Actor Reason Up Seems

A good story is elegantly wrapped, and the child discovers things bit by bit.

Good Child Story Things Good Story

Some people who've read my story think I had a terrible childhood and that I was neglected or even abused, while others feel that my parents, while certainly flawed, also had truly wonderful qualities. And that's the way it should be, because in real life two people can look at the same president and one will see a hero and the other a villain.

Jeannette Walls

Life Hero Childhood Parents People

I'm aware of cliches and I'm aware of experiments that have been done and I'm aware of a kind of deadness to a lot of realism both in the language and in the structure of a book.

Jeffrey Eugenides

Book Language Done Kind Structure

It's harder to do anything in the public eye now, in terms of if you're worried about scrutiny or being judged negatively. It's not as much of a free ride. If you're someone who's making film or TV or music, or any kind of art form now, there's a billion outlets, and they all have an opinion.

Music Art Ride Opinion Eye Free

I can have a real long day; I can have a 14-hour day of intense work and then get home, and it's just me and TCM on into the night.

Work Home Day Me Night Long

Good buildings make and are made by their settings, and they are appropriately different in different locations. Climate, culture, topography and materials have helped create regional architectural languages that seem curiously right for their locations and for all times.

Jaquelin T. Robertson

Good Culture Buildings Create Right

My favorite song is 'No Air,' a duet I did with Chris Brown. I don't want to sound weird or anything, but I listen to it a lot - it's always on my iPod!

Song Weird Want Listen Sound Air

One always hopes that you're going to have influence and staying power, but you never know.

Power Influence You Know Never

I've always just wanted one shot, because you can turn that into something.

Chris Harris, Jr.

You Always Turn Something Just Shot

I've been very outspoken that the minimum wage needs to rise.

Rise Minimum Wage Been Wage Needs

One day, I was taken into a room with 25 animators, all working on Sadness. They asked me a lot of questions, and they got something of the way I move into the character.

Character Day Me Sadness Questions

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Publilius Syrus

Fool Tongue Will Hold Pass Sage

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