Aldis Hodge Quotes

Most people say they're slaves, but in my opinion, to say that I am a slave is to take ownership of actually being a slave - to be a tool, be a thing. Basically cattle.

Aldis Hodge

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 20, 1986

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In Washington, I found myself as a 31-year-old in a room with the president, vice president, and secretaries of state and defense, and I was unfazed by it. But get me around a rock star I grew up with and I have trouble completing sentences.

Joe Scarborough

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A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.

Anita Brookner

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When I do an action thing, it speaks louder than the things that I've done that are dramatic and comedy. Actually, if you look at my resume, I have just as much comedic things as dramas, and I have far less action things than all of the other things, but I'm kind of defined as an action person.

Michael Jai White

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As a reporter, you develop an ear for dialogue because it's your job to capture it accurately.

Michael Connelly

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I like working. I think being on set is one of my favorite places in the world.

Sterling K. Brown

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Even with limited success as an actor, you usually have a more interesting life than in many other professions, so it's not an unreasonable choice.

Stellan Skarsgard

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For most of America's history, people typically aspired to acquire 'a competency' rather than great riches. A competency meant the ability to comfortably sustain a household without depending on others. 'Competence' also meant being capable and reliable. The American Dream was that people who worked hard and capably could support their families.

Stephanie Coontz

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I don't feel the obligation to have a big explosion in the first 20 seconds so the audience doesn't turn on another channel. We are trying to make something that looks like a feature film that was bought for television and I think we are succeeding.

Tom Selleck

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If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we're going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it's our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it's because we're focused on ourselves!

Joyce Meyer

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Every writer secretly hopes that what he or she has written will endure.

Jonathan Coleman

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Oh my God, you look at all the uniforms in Star Wars, and it's all Nazi iconography.

Christopher McQuarrie

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I see religion more as a truck stop on your way to figuring out who you are.

Brad Pitt

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