Geoffrey Rush Quotes

As an actor, I'm ambivalent because I'm focused on the other person and what they're giving me, what I need to be giving them, and what the character is thinking.

Geoffrey Rush

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I was a solid C student because I was doing so many plays. I was a drama nerd, but I was also kind of a Zelig-like character; I would shift between different groups of people. But the people I spent most of my time with were either chorus or swing choir or the drama nerds.

John C. Reilly

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In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part.

Jeremy Collier

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We can be certain that cities around the world will compete for the jobs that the next revival of the financial services industry will bring.

Michael Bloomberg

WorldFinancialWillBringCompete

Even I would find a book about my life pretty dull.

Simon Hoggart

LifeBookMy LifeFindPrettyWould

I grew up with nothing, and I know that I don't need anything to be happy. We were wearing second-hand clothing and eating leftovers, and I was so happy. Five-star hotels and private pick-ups hasn't changed that.

Lukas Forchhammer

HappyBe HappyEatingKnowNothing

Obama was elected in a flourish of promise that many in the African-American community believed would help not only to symbolize African-American progress since the Civil War and Civil Rights Acts but that his presidency would result in doors opening in the halls of power as had never been seen before by black America.

Douglas Wilder

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I'll have to say winning the Olympic gold in Atlanta is a crowning achievement, along with the gold in the relay in the same games.

Donovan Bailey

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All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success.

Dorothea Brande

SuccessFailureImpossibleFaceFail

All writing is a form of manipulation, of course, but you realize that a plain sentence can actually do so much.

Colm Toibin

WritingYouRealizeManipulation

Not everyone has to have children. If everyone had two or three, we'd run out of room.

Clare Balding

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I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.

Bobby Knight

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The leads are often the boring part.

Peter Dinklage

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