I was never a leading man. I’ve always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity.
In Japan, I am famous in certain special circles – mainly as someone who is trying to break down and enlighten the conventions of Japanese art.
Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good at it. It is great if you can instill in children the ability to not give up, to have a work ethic.
It’s true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles.
I had multiple circles of friends around the world. Some circles were really wild and I was affectionately known by them as ‘the nerdy one.’ And, with other friends, I was regarded as the wild one.
Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel.
There are lesbians, God knows… if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties and fifties in New York… who were not feminist and would not call themselves feminists.
Des Moines is like your typical American city; it’s just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city.
Why make a movie about Ayrton Senna? Someone who drove around in circles at 200mph in a car that looked like a giant cigarette packet? Why would anyone who isn’t already a fan of Formula 1 care?
Diphthongs are indicated by combinations of hooks and circles.
There is a theory in showbiz circles that mentally you remain the same age as when you first tasted fame, and I think there is a grain of truth in this.
I got started on my spiritual path when I was a kid. My mom taught me how to meditate and brought me to ashrams and spiritual circles.
We never saw Google+ Circles or Facebook Lists as reflective of the way our friendships play out.
The dreaded phrase in design circles is ‘show and tell.’
The Democratic Party, all the candidates from Washington, they all know each other, they all move in the same circles, and what I’m doing is breaking into the country club.
The worry in Labour circles is that, when pressed, Gordon Brown instinctively moved to cut the benefits of the poor rather than upset businesses and the wealthy.
Doing good holds the power to transform us on the inside, and then ripple out in ever-expanding circles that positively impact the world at large.
I have my own boat, but when I first thought about taking a cruise, I thought, ‘You’re going to trap me on a boat, and I’m going to walk in circles and go crazy,’ but it’s awesome.
I think people – especially folks who haven’t seen a lot of NASCAR – they get this idea that we’re just going around in circles. And that’s so far from the truth. You’re running as hard as you can to get all you can every lap.
Dubois was the first black American to graduate from Harvard. He was accepted within the northern white intellectual circles as one of the ‘best of his race.’ As an avowed socialist, he was the only black member of the original 19 wealthy socialist founders of the NAACP.
I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn’t pick me to play baseball.
I go round and round in circles, really, really fast, on a big wooden bowl.
