Martin McDonagh Quotes
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What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.
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Some days, just occasionally, when I've had just one too many chickpeas, drizzles of olive oil or chunks of feta, I crave a return to the sushi-filled joints of Tokyo.
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Two young actresses I admire are Emma Stone and Emma Watson, because they are intelligent, talented actresses and have a great sense of humor. They have learned to balance what they love in life - acting, school and everything else.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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I am not going to say much about the film 'Maidentrip,' but I won't be representing it, as I am not fully standing behind it.
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The food system is not a free market. In this country, we impose reasonably high standards of animal welfare - but we haven't applied the same standards to food we import, so all we're really doing is exporting cruelty from Britain elsewhere, and at the same time undermining our farmers.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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I have encountered those who feel that libraries have served their purpose and are no longer needed. There are those who consider them a soft target when it comes to local authority budget cuts. In certain political quarters, there is a refusal to see that our public library service needs active protection.
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I was eight when I left Sarajevo, so I didn't really know very much about my culture and it was so important for me to go back to my roots and meet the people.
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Rather than fretting about IQ scores, voters should try to determine what candidates read - other than the Bible, which they all say they read - and the kind of people with whom they spend their time.
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One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews.
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My stepdad is a Patriots fan, so I've become a Pats fan, too.
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I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that.
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Life is short and progress is slow.
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We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
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I'd watch my father get up at 5 o'clock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do the shopping for his restaurant, and get that business going and then go out on his vending machine business.
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Mexico doesn't deserve what has happened to us. A democratic change is urgent, a change that will permit us to stop being a loser country.
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Of course you can't 'trust' what people tell you on the web anymore than you can 'trust' what people tell you on megaphones, postcards or in restaurants. Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our brain has evolved to do.
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Practice like it's competition and compete like it's another day on the practice court.
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My wife is pretty geeky and will occasionally quote 'Anchorman' at me.
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Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.
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I know I've got to learn to believe in myself.
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I don't find it easy for me to talk about me.
