Ian Harding Quotes

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Born: September 16, 1986

Ian Harding is a modern poet and storyteller whose work explores the delicate architecture of love and human connection. With a philosophy rooted in the belief that vulnerability is not weakness but the truest form of strength, Harding’s words illuminate the quiet, often unspoken moments between people—the pauses, the glances, the gentle acts of courage that bind us. His legacy lies in transforming raw emotion into universal truths, offering solace to the lonely and language to the inarticulate. Readers turn to Harding’s quotes because they feel less like advice and more like a mirror, reflecting the beauty and ache of loving deeply.

Ian Harding Quotes (33)

"If astrology is real, I guess I'm a pretty quintessential Virgo."

Ian Harding
Topic: Wisdom

"If there were teenagers who had a video camera and saw what I did on a daily basis, they'd be bored out of their mind."

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Topic: Wisdom

"I always was getting into trouble some way, because I was really good at lying when I was a kid."

Ian Harding
Topic: Wisdom

"It's good to be a martyr for your art, but it's just such a waste of time."

Ian Harding
Topic: Creativity

"When I was a kid, I was very lucky that I grew up in suburban Virginia, which, at the time, felt like a grey area between rural and suburban, so there were a lot of forests and parks."

Ian Harding
Topic: Wisdom

"My mom is a pretty private person, and if I was making Snapchat videos of her all the time, I think, A, she would hit me, and B, she just wouldn't appreciate it. So I don't do it a ton."

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Topic: Wisdom

"My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army, but I never called them 'sir' or 'ma'am' or anything like that, and we never really moved around a lot because both my parents were stationed in D.C."

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Topic: Wisdom

"My favorite subject was either English or History. I had a really awesome high school education."

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Topic: Wisdom

"I get recognized in the street really frequently, which is really shocking. I'm excruciatingly wary of any female under the age of 19. Even when some of them come up to me, they're usually very cordial, nice and polite."

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Topic: Wisdom

"Any skills that I have, I couldn't really make money with them. I would like to think that maybe I would be doing something in psychology or something of that nature because I love that vein of medicine - the getting down and getting nitty-gritty."

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Topic: Wisdom

"English was great because I could just write my opinion, and that was good enough. I was terrible in Math, even though I had amazing Math teachers. My favorite subject was either English or History. I had a really awesome high school education."

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Topic: Wisdom

"It was awkward because the high school that I went to, my aunt taught at, it was this private boy's school in D.C. There were one or two teachers that I had the hots for, but never fully expressed my feelings because my aunt was always watching."

Ian Harding
Topic: Wisdom

"'Pretty Little Liars' is very all-consuming of my time, but I guess it's a great problem to have... there have been other things that have come that were on the table and then were not."

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Topic: Wisdom

"I'm all about being self-deprecating because I think it's hilarious."

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Topic: Wisdom

"My life is one that I've aimed for - I've always wanted to be an actor who worked in film and television and was able to provide for himself and his family."

Ian Harding
Topic: Wisdom

"I've been in different countries, and a girl will come up and say, 'I love you. We are going to get married someday!' And I'm like, 'You're 11!'"

Ian Harding
Topic: Love

"My dad grew up in southern California and was a raging liberal."

Ian Harding
Topic: Wisdom

"It's so ridiculous how you just get a call one day and go on an audition that can easily change your life for the next several years."

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Topic: Wisdom

"It's really good to be a working actor."

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Topic: Wisdom

"If someone was like, 'Describe yourself in one word,' I would never say, 'Handsome.'"

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Topic: Wisdom

"I changed my thinking on the whole subject of what it is to be attractive. It's fine, but I know that ultimately what I am and who I am is not cheekbones and a jawline, if you catch my drift. I ultimately know that who I am is not directly proportional to abs or straight teeth."

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Topic: Wisdom

"I'd always dreamed of being an actor and going out to Los Angeles or New York and being paid to do what you love, and then I went and did that, and it wasn't what I expected."

Ian Harding
Topic: Love

"A little while ago, I had this realization that so much of my happiness depended on what my career was looking like at that time, and that's, like, death of happiness right there."

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Topic: Wisdom

"I love voiceovers. You get to show up for half a day and pay your mortgage. How great is that?"

Ian Harding
Topic: Love

"I understand what I look like, and I understand the strengths I have, which is basic, generic white guy."

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Topic: Wisdom

"There's so much that I want to see and do, and being megafamous is not on my to-do list."

Ian Harding
Topic: Wisdom

"My plan is to ride out my 30s with 'handsome man' parts, hit 40 and take some time off to have some kids, and then come back as Paul Giamatti."

Ian Harding
Topic: Creativity

"You have tours that go to certain parts of the world to see a specific type of bird, and then you come back to Hollywood, and you see tour vans that go around in hopes of catching a glimpse of Halle Berry going out to get a newspaper."

Ian Harding
Topic: Creativity

"The great thing about being on a television show is that it usually provides you with fairly steady income so you can go and do things."

Ian Harding
Topic: Wisdom

"I think Ralph Fiennes has had a really wonderful career; there's something sort of classic about him. He does a bunch of different projects, but he approaches the work from a very sort of artful way."

Ian Harding
Topic: Wisdom
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