"To idolise a person means you don't get to know them, and the idea that you can become one is a myth, and it also means that you don't need to talk to one another because you're the same person."

-- Theodore Zeldin

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“There's something great about being a really young actor because you don't have a chance to be nervous. You don't know anything yet. Whereas one of the big challenges as you go through - I've been doing acting professionally for 10 years now - is to not let all the things that you know hold you back and make you more nervous. Once you've had a few people tell you that they don't like your ideas, that voice in your head can creep in that says, "Don't tell them what you think."”
“Snub end of a dismal year, deep in the dwarf orchard, The sky with its undercoat of blackwash and point stars, I stand in the dark and answer to My life, this shirt I want to take off, which is on fire . . .”

Source : Charles Wright (2014). “Negative Blue: Selected Later Poems”, p.4, Macmillan
“The problem was that I'd never worn a bikini before. My dad doesn't allow them. He thinks even one-pieces show too much skin and constantly suggests that Jane and I wear wet suits.”
“The Boov frowned. 'Everybodies always is wanting to make a clone for to doing their work. If you are not wanting to do your work, why would a clone of you want to do your work?”

Source : Adam Rex (2013). “The True Meaning of Smekday”, p.69, A&C Black
“After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.”
“Everybody is vulnerable through love of their children. Hostages to fortune.”
“Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm easy to get along with, and intolerant.”

Source : "'Conchords': HBO's new 'mascots' for New Zealand". Interview with Christine Fenno, ew.com. June 14, 2007.

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