Katie McGrath Quotes

I wasn't born an actress, but I was certainly born dramatic!

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• When I was a kid, I had an Atari 2600, and I would play Pac Man, Frogger, all that kind of stuff. And I did enjoy going to the arcade.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Man
  • Kind
  • Enjoy

• I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

  

  Sam Kinison
  • People
  • Want
  • Myself

• I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.

  

  Washed Out
  • Think
  • Blessing
  • Curse

• A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

  

  Karl Marx
  • Europe
  • Communism
  • Haunting

• I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • Know
  • Memory
  • Survival

• It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition.

  

  Ted Nugent
  • True
  • You
  • Brand

• The fact that I have to set things to record seems idiotic. And channel guides - I get home, and I want to watch a Duke basketball game; why do I have to go hunting to find out what channel it's on? Why can't I just say, 'I want to watch Duke basketball.' Or, even better, why doesn't the system know that?

  

  Eddy Cue
  • Why
  • Home
  • Game

• Compton is my city.

  

  Eric Lynn Wright
  • City

• I am so saddened by the loss of our dear friend, Bonnie Franklin. She was just full of light and love. Bonnie will be very much missed by all the people she touched with her love.

  

  Mackenzie Phillips
  • People
  • Love
  • She

• Actually, I don't ever think there will be a men-only team of leadership in the Labour party again. People would look at it and say, 'What? Are there no women in the party to be part of the leadership? Do men want to do it all themselves?' It just won't happen again.

  

  Harriet Harman
  • People
  • Men
  • Women

• There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a lot. So I applied to 30 different jobs and got rejected. I went for a job with the police; they said, 'You're no good.' I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted.

  

  Jack Ma
  • People
  • Good
  • Different

• There's a greatness in this country many of the kids today don't know.

  

  Jack Scalia
  • Country
  • Kids
  • Today

• The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.

  

  Vikas Swarup
  • World
  • Mind
  • Interior

• In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • People
  • Work
  • Believe

• If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.

  

  Felix Frankfurter
  • Law
  • Chaos

• The very first time I ever heard anything of mine on the radio, I was in New Jersey, and I was in my teens. I did my first record, which was an old standard called 'My Mother's Eyes.' It was the old Georgie Jessel theme. I heard it on local radio out of Newark. And it was very exciting!

  

  Frankie Valli Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
  • Time
  • Mother
  • Eyes

• Low light demanded 'fast' film, usually ISO 400 or higher; the fastest available would be about ISO 1000. When the sun was bright, you would reach for ISO 64 to avoid the burned-out look of overexposure.

  

  David Hewson
  • Light
  • Sun

• Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

  

  Denis Diderot
  • Men
  • Quality

• I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside.

  

  James Herriot
  • People

• All men of action are dreamers.

  

  James Huneker
  • Men
  • Action

• There was a study done in the early 20th century of all the entrepreneurs who entered the automobile industry around the same time as Henry Ford; there were something like 500 automotive companies that got funded, had the internal combustion engine, had the technology, and had the vision. Sixty percent of them folded within a couple of years.

  

  Eric Ries
  • Technology
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Engine

• The more awesome you are, the more emotion you create, the more viral it is.

  

  Emerson Spartz
  • Emotion
  • Viral

• My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I'm sick or in good health, whether I'm in a state of grace or disgrace. He comes to me where I live and loves me as I am.

  

  Brennan Manning
  • Experience
  • Health
  • Grace

• I wasn't born an actress, but I was certainly born dramatic!

  

  Katie McGrath