Martin Freeman Quotes
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But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania.
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If Harvard is $60,000 and University of Toronto, where I went to school, is maybe six. So you're really telling me that education is 10 times better at Harvard than it is at University of Toronto? That seems ridiculous to me.
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It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.
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Did anyone ever have a boring dream?
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My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.
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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
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There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end.
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So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.
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We need to write books that publicists and marketers and booksellers and book club leaders and librarians and readers can get excited about. That have something about them that makes them stand out. That makes them shine.
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Fifty-million-dollar movies gobble up the medium movies. A lot of people aren't working in Hollywood because of this.
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If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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At the heart of every great movie is conflict. It's the same with a meeting. There should be conflict and tension.
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If I go out in the open ocean environment, virtually anywhere in the world, and I drag a net from 3,000 feet to the surface, most of the animals - in fact, in many places, 80 to 90 percent of the animals that I bring up in that net - make light. This makes for some pretty spectacular light shows.
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A lot of the things I was doing on the first couple Washed Out releases was very naive.
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Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.
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I consider myself an inventor first and an entrepreneur second. In real life, my hero is Thomas Edison. He was a great inventor, but also an outstanding entrepreneur who was able to sell his inventions to the masses. He didn't just develop the light bulb; he invented the entire electric grid and power distribution system.
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The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
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I don't have any outside view of myself, and if I did, I would probably be creatively inhibited. I just write in the way that I write.
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I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving.
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Some people get in the way of change happening. Some people spend their whole careers thinking they can make a difference. Other people want to do as little as possible to get the day done.
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Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration.
