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- Nov 07, 2020
Day Quotes
Lines on routine, duty and the shape of an ordinary day.
These quotes span a wide range of daily experience: actors describing the grind of read-throughs and reshoots, and reflections on the discipline service members carry with them off duty as well as on. For more on the rhythm of daily life, see our Day-To-Day Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing and directing, to me, was the logical evolution from my life as an actor: going from telling someone else's story to actually creating my own. Perhaps one day I will do all three: write, direct, and act in the same production. That might get a little hectic, though.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone talks about 40 like it's massive, but I looked at Joanna Lumley at the Ab Fab premiere the other day, and she looks amazing at 70 - that's 30 years older than 40, which sounds ridiculous. The number doesn't matter; it's what's going on for you.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Australia, there is a very famous show called 'Home and Away.' I was cast on that at 15. The day I started filming, my life changed.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every day, you get to train with players like Diego Costa, and Eden Hazard is another lesson for you.
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
After sessions, I keep working and practising with the left foot. Hopefully one day, it'll just be fluent.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not have PTSD, but if I watch part of a movie like 'The Hurt Locker,' or when I spend time around Blackhawk helicopters, I will close my eyes that night and live an entire day in Iraq, flying my missions. I remember the smell and the feel and the heat and everything about it. Then I wake up in Illinois, and I'm exhausted.
- Army
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I joined the U.S. Army Reserve in 1992, there were no female four-star generals. I still remember the day in 2008 when a woman first achieved that rank.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every day, members of the LGBTQ community deal with challenges that most Americans will never have to face. These challenges appear in the workplace, in your homes, in your community, and even in the halls of Congress.
- Nov 07, 2020
Veterans Day is a time to celebrate the men and women who have worn this nation's uniform and to honor their service.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020