Martin Donovan Quotes
Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up with. You've got to be seen as dark and slightly dangerous. But I'm not like that and I've realised that I don't need to put that on. People will buy the books whether they see a photo of you dressed in black or not.
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Design is about creating spaces for people to enjoy and of course, creating moments where you elevate the spirit, but 'design for good' is figuring out a program that not only creates better spaces, but creates jobs, creates new industry and really kind of raises the conversation about how we rebuild.
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Each day more coalition MPs in seats outside the South East come out against George Osborne's regional pay cut plans, and Vince Cable now claims they are dead.
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My husband is in charge of all phone, email and texting duties at home. He even has to turn on the TV and air conditioning because I'm so hopeless with technology.
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I have always loved animals and groomed friends' horses as a child. I think I may have even ridden the odd seaside donkey in my early years.
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We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths.
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Free yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability.
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Everyone needs some kind of compelling drama in their life, basically.
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'Vagabond' is about owning where I come from, understanding the real power music had to transport myself with, whether that's busking in Europe or getting number ones.
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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
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I think, at some point, we have to be followers of Christ - not followers of White Christ, or any other color Christ, for that matter.
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I love children.
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'I used to tell everyone I meant to be an artist..... I don't do that any more.'
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Death and the devil, what are these to him? His being accuses him - and yet his face is firm In resolution, in absolute persistence; The folds of smiling do for steadiness; The face is its own fate - a man does what he must - And the body underneath it says: I am.
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Sometimes I even cut myself to see how much it bleeds, it's like adrenaline: The pain is such a sudden rush for me!
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Buying and selling is essentially antisocial.
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I want her everywhere and if she's beside me I know I need never care. But to love her is to need her Everywhere, knowing that love is to share each one believing that love never dies watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there.
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I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren't funny.
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I think it is worse [in 2015] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go with the small presses where there is no money. I was lucky to have been in the right place and time for many years.
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To buy is to create. If you buy, then of course things will be created.
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Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.
