Martin Freeman Quotes
I think the only directing I'd be any good at is theatre directing. It's the only thing I can see myself doing.
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don't think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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You can write whatever you want about me in websites and newspapers, but no one really knows me. They get the idea that I'm a tough, heroic figure, but I'm a sensitive pussycat.
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There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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The end of my playing career was May 28, 2017. That, for me, was an historic day. I'll carry it with me forever. It will be hard to explain to people the feelings and emotions I felt that day.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?
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Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?
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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and older.
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One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
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The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
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There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We're always looking for the open space. A lot of times we'll face six defenders and four midfielders.
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Everyone takes a bad selfie - the first thing is to know that.
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Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.
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You can write every song on an album in E and not hurt a thing.
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I'm a romantic, but I'm not a romantic in the traditional sense. I like to romanticize what happens to me. Whatever happens to me - you could quantify it as good or bad - I romanticize it. I think along the lines of 'When that thing happened, it made me who I am.' That kind of thing. It's a different way of being romantic.
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Canada is a good country to be from. It has a gentler slower pace - it lends perspective.
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You are going to hit some good shots and not get rewarded, but that's just U.S. Open golf. It's tough; it's hard.
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That a man built the biggest church in the world is not an issue, not something to be excited about. The people of Satan also have money to build a big place and worship him.
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I think the only directing I'd be any good at is theatre directing. It's the only thing I can see myself doing.
