"I've auditioned for normal characters. But I never get cast."

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Source : "Jared Harris brings English civility to "Mad Men"". Interview with Sarah Kuhn, uk.reuters.com. July 30, 2010.

Jared Harris

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“And why do we worship hindsight (as in the news media's constant rehash of the day, the week, the year) and yet distrust foresight, which actually might make a difference in our lives?”

Source : Gavin De Becker (1998). “The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence”, Dell Publishing Company
“When the Champions League is at stake, ... you do everything you can, whether it's called gamesmanship or cheating, to put the opposition off.”
“Awareness of time as flying has some advantages; it precludes boredom, for one thing. It matters little that younger people find older people boring or slow. Older people have a right to resist being rushed, to stand and stare at the fragile world that has become so unspeakably dear to them. For the lucky ones, who will not have to leave while they are still in love with life, there will come a later time when that passion too will fade, but while one is still possessed by that great tenderness, it must be yielded to.”
“I shall not rest until, once again, the destinies of our people and our party are joined together again in victory at the next general election Labour in its rightful place in government again.”
“I find the single most valuable tool in my darkroom is my trash can”
“Good decisions can have bad short-term outcomes but be great for the business long-term.”
“Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. I have a place in the pattern, and so do you. Thinking of you this holiday season!”
“All great human deeds both consume and transform their doers. Consider an athlete, a scientist, an artist, or an entrepreneur. In service of their goals, they lay down time, energy and many other choices and pleasures; in return, they become most truly themselves. A false destiny may be spotted by the fact that it consumes without transforming, without giving back the enlarged self.”

Source : "Author's Afterword". "Cordelia's Honor". Book by Lois McMaster Bujold, 1996.

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