Martin McDonagh Quotes
As a kid, as a poor-ish, working-class kid, even visiting America seemed like an impossible dream. Every time I ever went anywhere in America, it always felt cinematic and dreamlike and like a movie from the '70s or something.
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I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.
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If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.
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As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
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My father is an amazing person.
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People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.
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I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.
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One of the missions of 'The Nightly Show' was to have a conversation with America in a sense, and talk about the things that people didn't want to talk about it.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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I'm just going to have fun. Maybe that will be the most important thing to do.
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I don't think anyone wants to look in the mirror and say, 'I'm anti-woman.' They don't see themselves that way, and you can't treat them that way. But you have to tell the truth.
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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
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Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect.
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The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.
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I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.
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It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself.
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Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.
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You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.
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Everyone believes that the prospect for a civil war has diminished significantly over the past several days. All the mainstream leaders of Iraq believe that civil war must be avoided. It's very positive that they are all saying it.
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I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. But at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting.
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My favorite thing to pass the time in the makeup chair is YouTube videos of talking cats. I don't know why, but they make me laugh.
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As a kid, as a poor-ish, working-class kid, even visiting America seemed like an impossible dream. Every time I ever went anywhere in America, it always felt cinematic and dreamlike and like a movie from the '70s or something.
