Sometimes our motivations can be quite hazy, contradictory and multi-faceted, in real life.
ADAM RAYNER
ADAM RAYNER
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If somebody knew every time they did something it was going to be a hit there would never be any failures.
Adam RaynerAdam Rayner The genre has got quite serious now.
Adam RaynerAdam Rayner Sadly, that’s not how it works. You take nothing for granted.
Adam RaynerAdam Rayner We’re all waiting for the opportunity to do big films but you have to wait your turn – unless you get offered something like Twilight when you’re 20! Otherwise, you just have to keep slogging away.
Adam RaynerAdam Rayner If someone offers you a three picture deal at 20 you’d take it. I would have killed for it.
Adam RaynerAdam Rayner Long gone are the days of the stylised old James Bond films with Roger Moore karate chopping his way through the bad guys – audiences are not going to buy it anymore.
Adam RaynerAdam Rayner I’m kind of glad that I was able to properly grow up before becoming a massive movie star.
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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Art and activism can be symbiotic. They don’t have to be, of course; they can also be contradictory.
Bill AyersBill Ayers According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison Blah, blah, blah. What’s a crime? What’s criminality? What can you do, what can’t you do, and so forth. All these things are really confusing. A lot of it is really contradictory; it doesn’t really make sense.
Jerry GarciaJerry Garcia People are content to live in contradictory worlds, so long as they know the reason for each.
Alan LightmanAlan Lightman Others hold that each decision must be considered and committed to, that without commitment there is chaos. Such people are content to live in contradictory worlds, so long as they know the reason for each.
Alan LightmanAlan Lightman Sometimes as human beings, we’re so contradictory – we may say something or do something and completely contradict ourselves.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei If only all the contradictory voices shouting in my head would calm down and sing a song in unison, whatever it was I wouldn’t care as long as they sang without dissonance.
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