"Well, when you're the youngest of five, parents kind of lose interest more and more through the children. I think my eldest brother was under loads of pressure to do something amazing with his life, but by the time I came around they were like, 'Well, let's hope he doesn't kill a guy.'"

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Source : "Chris O'Dowd: from The IT Crowd to Hollywood". Interview with Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2012.

Chris O'Dowd

#Brother Quotes #Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The high cost of living is a minor problem when compared to the cost of high living.”
“In my opinion, patriotism is liberty.”

Source : Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's remarks during a discussion on Catalan and Spanish nationalism and the inclusion of the term nation-state in the Statute of Catalonia (translated from Spanish), October 6, 2005.
“I've tried to be flexible in my career by doing a little bit of everything and that's worked for me.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.”
“The loss of liberty in general would soon follow the suppression of the liberty of the press; for it is an essential branch of liberty, so perhaps it is the best preservative of the whole.”
“A Christian life based on feeling is headed for a gigantic collapse.”
“I lock eyes with my reflection and donâ€™t look away. The day you look away you start to lose yourself. Iâ€™m never going to lose myself. You are what you are. Deal with it or change.”
“Enlightenment is beyond self-improvement and spiritual seeking. It is the final resolution of a case of mistaken identity. It is the direct recognition of your eternal nature and the seeing through of who you have falsely believed yourself to be.”

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