Martin Freeman Quotes

Don't get me wrong - I'm a big fan of things American - but when American people do British stuff, it's so universally dreadful.

Martin Freeman

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• I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.

  

  Ozzie Smith
  • People
  • Business
  • Know

• It's one thing to live my own life and know that I'm O.K. But there's another thing I want to take on, and that is letting people know that they're O.K., too.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• Having been on tour in countries that are extremely eco-friendly, we automatically end up doing the things that normal people do in other countries.

  

  Kaki King
  • People
  • Up
  • End

• When you say, 'I spent my summers at the Jersey Shore,' people always say, 'Oh, really?' They think of the TV show. So I just say, 'A cute little harbor town in New Jersey.'

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • New
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• People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

  

  Ovid
  • People
  • Confidence
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• Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.

  

  Tabitha Soren
  • People
  • Important
  • Forget

• Traditionally with debut albums, labels insist on a face, so people know who you are.

  

  Fleur East
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  • Know
  • Face

• Humour allows people to exhale a little.

  

  Zach Anner
  • People
  • Little
  • Humour

• I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse.

  

  Octavia Spencer
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  • Abuse

• I feel like I've made good friends with people I've worked with, but in terms of lasting inspiration, it is probably Matthew Vaughn who directed 'Kingsman' who's been really supportive, loyal to me, and been a really good person to work with.

  

  Taron Egerton
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• The biggest misconception people have about me is that when they see how young I am, they think, 'Oh, this guy must have always wanted to be in politics; his parents must have been politically connected.' I'm a finance major and always intended to go into business.

  

  Aaron Schock
  • People
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• Who has connections to Connecticut? That's where rich people go to live the rest of their life in the woods.

  

  Patrice O'Neal
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  • Life
  • Live

• Fashion is such an octopus. You're connected to so many people: suppliers, pattern makers, production teams, marketing teams, vendors.

  

  Raf Simons
  • People
  • Fashion
  • Marketing

• I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; you can be of religion or another, from this country or from another country, but we're all basically the same. It's just the same with songs.

  

  Yael Naim
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• I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
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• I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now.

  

  Ed Balls
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  • Think
  • Television

• My older brother, Jake, and I had a bohemian childhood. My parents are deeply unconventional people from the beatnik generation. They weren't married, and I thought that was normal. We called them by their first names.

  

  Rachel Kushner
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• My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I chose to be an actor. Both he and my mom were totally supportive.

  

  Vince Vaughn
  • People
  • Father
  • Mom

• When I was very young, biology, the diversity of life, was one of my main interests. I know there's this image people have that I'm this spoiled, cocky punk of an actor. Honestly, that's not who I am. I really care that so many species have been wiped out, like genocide of entire races. I believe in the divine right of all species to survive on this planet. So I decided I want to be active as an environmentalist. I learned. I asked experts. I got active.

  

  Leonardo DiCaprio
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  • Believe

• I grew up in Mexico until I was 16, and then we moved to San Antonio because my dad's business was headquartered there.

  

  Daniel Lubetzky
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• The orators - and the despots - have the least power in their cities … since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though they do whatever they think to be best.

  

  Plato
  • Power
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• I think of myself as living so much outside borders or old categories that I choose as my leaders U2, the Dalai Lama, Vaclav Havel, Sigur Ros, Desmond Tutu, Barack Obama, and the girl next door. By definition, in short, my leaders are the ones who think in terms larger, and more intimate, than any country.

  

  Pico Iyer
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  • Girl
  • Door

• Don't get me wrong - I'm a big fan of things American - but when American people do British stuff, it's so universally dreadful.

  

  Martin Freeman
  • People
  • American