Kodi Smit-McPhee Quotes
I'm geeky about video games. I don't stay inside a lot and just play them 24/7, but if I had the chance, I probably would.
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I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'
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My favourite thing in my wardrobe is my jewelry.
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The nude scenes were a little eerie and I felt a bit odd. Yeah, when the camera scanned up my body, I said to my friend, 'Now, that's a close-up.' I mean, you see every inch of my body. But I'm okay with it and so it was cool.
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In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone.
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And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these options that are increasingly not attractive to the American people.
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Look, I'm in love. I'm very happy.
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Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.
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Growing up, nobody I knew even knew a writer. So it was a big adventure and something that I've wrestled with my whole life. I think it's a journey worth taking, really finding out who you are and what you do well.
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It's impossible to be someone you're not, so quit trying. I am as passionate about my hobbies as I am about my work and my family. All three are equally important to me at all times.
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There are lots of different ways for women to be a mom in this culture.
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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
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Hear only the things you should hear - be deaf to others.
Ford Frick
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The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
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I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to heroes who do bad things and to villains who think they're the good guys, but I do find that moral ambiguity and conflict makes for great characters.
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At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With a third, he landed on the stage.
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The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty and to someone else if she is plain.
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Iran, Libya and Syria are irresponsible states, which must be disarmed of weapons of mass destruction, and a successful American move in Iraq as a model will make that easier to achieve.
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The great moral teachers of humanity were, in a way, artistic geniuses in the art of living.
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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
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He was the biggest cheater the game has ever known. I told Jim he shouldn't be wearing glasses because he must have Superman vision. The ball would be two feet from me or Bernie, and there's Jim ? from the other end of the court ? making line calls.
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We all think there is a formula, (but) as long as we love our children, that's really the only solid thing I know that works across the board.
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Soon or late, every dog's master's memory becomes a graveyard; peopled by wistful little furry ghosts that creep back unbidden, at times, to a semblance of their olden lives.
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I'm geeky about video games. I don't stay inside a lot and just play them 24/7, but if I had the chance, I probably would.
