Martin Freeman Quotes

I suppose the real cult things now are independent films made for a million pounds.

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• There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • World
  • Money
  • Will

• Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Man
  • Hands
  • Lucky

• Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.

  

  Tallulah Bankhead
  • Me
  • Like
  • Trouble

• My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Good
  • Why
  • Mom

• Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
  • Hand
  • Growth
  • Values

• Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.

  

  Larry Elder
  • Money
  • Government
  • More

• I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'

  

  Francia Raisa
  • Star
  • Doing
  • Working

• I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
  • Me
  • Films
  • Chosen

• Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.

  

  Adam D'Angelo
  • People
  • Up
  • Friends

• I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.

  

  Barbara Eden
  • Good
  • Know
  • Good Company

• Jesus Christ was a patriot! His country was the world. His laws were the eternal principles of liberty, and his followers, in every age, have been the chosen champions of freedom!

  

  Orson F. Whitney
  • World
  • Country
  • Age

• My dad grew up wrestling. He knew Ken Shamrock, and I didn't know who he was at the time. So, he found out that Shamrock was in a gym in Reno, and he wanted me to go try a class with him. I tried it and fell in love the first day. Ken told me that I had potential in this sport, and he's the reason I kept at it.

  

  Paige VanZant
  • Up
  • Time
  • Love

• I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Long
  • Me

• If my daughter has a bad dream and wants to get into my bed, I'm a sucker for her sweet face and warm body next to mine, so I let her jump in. I should tell her to go to bed, but secretly I love it.

  

  Lara Spencer
  • Love
  • Bad
  • Dream

• In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?

  

  Famke Janssen
  • Know
  • Comedy
  • Drama

• This Islam business kidnapped me.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • Business
  • Me
  • Islam

• Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.

  

  Iris DeMent
  • Fun
  • Most
  • Ever

• Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Happiness
  • Scratch
  • Itch

• You're people, in short, who must be stupid, insane, or evil to continue arguing - in the face of indisputable facts and irrefutable logic - that others must be forced into a state of helplessness and victimized by individual criminals or the state. Stupid, insane, or evil.

  

  L. Neil Smith
  • People
  • Evil
  • Stupid

• I make good music for long journeys.

  

  The Weeknd
  • Good
  • Music
  • Long

• Real leaders have to live a paradoxical life, where they must break the rules in order to maintain them. If your expectations are high, you're setting yourself up for disillusionment. The land of governance is paved with gray streets, not black or white ones.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • Life
  • Up
  • Live

• No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

  

  Plato
  • Life
  • Good
  • Death

• And, yes, I love the process of building.

  

  Daniel Libeskind
  • Process
  • Building

• I suppose the real cult things now are independent films made for a million pounds.

  

  Martin Freeman
  • Real
  • Independent