Hugh Jackman Quotes

My father was an army champion boxer... in the British army. And so he loved boxing and talked it up as a sport. But then when my brother and I were beating the crap out of each other, he was always trying to tone it down. But I am a fan of boxing.

Hugh Jackman

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FatherI AmBrotherChampionLoved

We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard.

Meghan Daum

WorkGivingWorking HardHardAvoid

My wife taught me the importance of living well.

Robert Mondavi

WifeMeLivingWellImportance

The dominant male is history. Could you see a male Lady Gaga? The closest we've got is Justin Bieber, who'd be locked up if he tried the stuff Gaga gets away with. Women are the only rock stars now. Adele is brutally honest. I want to be like her.

Tom Odell

StarsWomenHistoryLadyYouRock

I said, 'What I'm going to do is dress as plain as humanly possible.' I'm not going to wear anything fancy, I'm not going to have fancy music, I'm not going to have fancy pyro - I'm literally just going to be a dude walking into the ring. I'm going to look like I just got off work from a construction site, and I am now punching you in the face.

Dean Ambrose

WorkMusicI AmDressConstruction

I am not a refugee. I sought refuge for many years, but the word 'refugee' does not define me. It just limits me and puts me in a box.

Clemantine Wamariya

I AmMeLimitsBoxYearsRefugee

As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like you're doing it for the first time; you have no idea whether you're capable of it.

Brit Marling

KnowledgeTimeFeelDoingYouActor

The brain knows the real secret of seduction, more effective than even music and martinis. Just keep whispering, 'Gee, you are really special' to that sack of water and protein that is a body, and you can get it to do practically anything.

Alison Gopnik

MusicWaterBrainYouBodySpecial

The one thing I've learned, getting out to all those foreign and domestic locales, is that people in every country of the 'civilized' world wish - either secretly or openly - that they had the expressiveness, the flair, the I'm-so-glad-to-be-me spirit that black folks have made a part of American life.

Wolfman Jack

LifePeopleWorldBlackAmerican

For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back together.

Sylvester Stallone

TogetherBackMuscleInsideUpBeat

When I am not shooting, all my waking hours are dedicated to horse riding and gymming.

Shaheer Sheikh

I AmHorseRidingShootingDedicated

You can't do science in a novel, but you can do philosophy. Or, if you're really lucky, you can manage to pose a question in such a way that other people will take it on.

Scarlett Thomas

SciencePeoplePhilosophyYouWay

I think it's difficult to be a Christian anywhere, at least to be a committed Christian - I think that demands a lot from a person no matter their field of work, and certainly working in Hollywood is no exception.

Scott Derrickson

WorkThinkChristianPersonMatter

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